I'm searching for real world applications of erlang, like projects already built with that language or pointers on how to search for such projects.
I'm looking for real projects not just test projects that won't do anything
*Definitely* have a look at CouchDB, it's delightful whatever language it's written in.
Daniel Earwicker
2010-01-25 09:31:12
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It's used to write telephone switching systems, as it was invented at a phone company, Ericsson in Sweden.
Daniel Earwicker
2009-03-27 18:12:28
Hilariously, this got downvoted, despite describing the original application of Erlang!
Daniel Earwicker
2009-03-27 18:31:27
Indeed. It's pretty much impossible to call *anyone* without high probability of being routed through at least one Erlang-powered switch.
Jörg W Mittag
2009-03-27 23:19:49
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Who uses Erlang for product development:
- Bluetail/Alteon/Nortel (distributed, fault tolerant email system, SSL accelerator)
- Cellpoint (Location-based Mobile Services)
- Corelatus (SS7 monitoring).
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (Data acquisition and real-time monitoring)
- IDT corp. (Real-time least-cost routing expert systems)
- Kreditor (Electronic payment systems)
- RabbitMQ (AMQP Enterprise Messaging)
- Mobilearts (GSM and UMTS services)
- Netkit Solutions (Network Equipment Monitoring and Operations Support Systems)
- Schlund + Partner (Messaging and Interactive Voice Response services)
- Quviq (Software Test Tool)
- T-Mobile (previously one2one) (advanced call control services)
- Telia (a telecomms operator)
- Vail Systems (Interactive Voice Response systems)
- Wavenet (SS7 and IVR applications)
Juliet
2009-03-27 18:18:59
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Incomplete list of websites powered by Erlang: http://www.appliedstacks.com/PoweredBy/Erlang
Hynek -Pichi- Vychodil
2009-03-27 19:28:02
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Amazon use it - for instance for SimpleDB. My firm hypernumbers.com (obviously).
Gordon Guthrie
2009-03-27 21:42:20
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- OpenPoker - open source poker server
- Heroku's Routing Mesh - cloud infrastructure
- Tsung - load testing tool
Brandon
2009-03-28 18:31:29
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Wings 3D subdivision 3D modeller. This one is a bit different than the others listed here, because Erlang is usually used for high-availability concurrent server software, and in this case it's being used for a desktop 3D modelling application.
Brian Campbell
2009-04-08 04:10:14
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It's used to power part of GitHub (namely the Git daemon).
Details in an interview at InfoQ.
Allen George
2009-04-08 23:46:31
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tcpbalance is a load-balancing TCP proxy written in Erlang that works well with distcc.
distcc is a tool for speeding up compilation of source code by using distributed computing over a computer network. With the right configuration, distcc can dramatically reduce a project's compilation time.
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It is also used by RabbitMQ, which itself is used by a lot of companies.
luccastera
2009-06-09 16:40:38
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We built a betting exchange using Erlang, Couchdb, RabbitMQ and MochiWeb at Smarkets.
Jason Trost
2010-01-15 12:00:39