--- title: "Interoperability in 2025: beyond the Erlang VM" url: https://daily.dev/posts/interoperability-in-2025-beyond-the-erlang-vm-zq9m9eh6f source_url: http://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/08/18/interop-and-portability/ type: article source: "Elixir" published: 2025-08-18T21:50:02.575Z updated: 2025-08-18T21:50:22.759Z tags: ["elixir", "webassembly", "erlang"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 5 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Interoperability in 2025: beyond the Erlang VM **[Elixir](https://daily.dev/sources/elixir)** · 10 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Elixir offers multiple interoperability mechanisms beyond the traditional Erlang VM approaches. NIFs enable direct integration with C, C++, Rust, Zig, and Python for performance-critical code. Distributed nodes allow communication with other languages through Erlang's distribution protocol. New portability options include AtomVM for microcontrollers, Popcorn for running Elixir in browsers via WebAssembly, and Hologram for full-stack web development. Each approach offers different trade-offs between performance, isolation, and complexity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#elixir](https://daily.dev/tags/elixir), [#webassembly](https://daily.dev/tags/webassembly), [#erlang](https://daily.dev/tags/erlang) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/interoperability-in-2025-beyond-the-erlang-vm-zq9m9eh6f)