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Phoenix

Category
Frameworks and libraries
Latest
1.8.16
Released
Oct 20, 2026
Docs outline
14 sections

Official docs outline

hexdocs.pm
  1. Overview

    What Phoenix is and its high-level architecture.

  2. Request Life-cycle

    How a request flows through endpoint, router, controller, and view.

  3. Plug

    Plugs and the Plug.Conn pipeline.

  4. Routing

    Router macros, pipelines, scopes, and verified routes.

  5. Controllers

    Controller actions, rendering, and flash messages.

  6. Components and HEEx

    Function components and HEEx templates.

  7. Ecto

    Ecto schemas, changesets, repos, and queries.

  8. Contexts

    Organizing business logic into contexts.

  9. LiveView

    Phoenix LiveView for server-rendered real-time interfaces.

  10. Channels

    Channels and sockets for real-time communication.

  11. Authentication and Authorization

    Authentication and authorization, including mix phx.gen.auth.

  12. Security

    Security considerations such as CSRF, session handling, and CSP.

  13. Testing

    Testing contexts, controllers, and channels.

  14. Deployment and Releases

    Deploying with Elixir releases.

Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.

Versions and support

6 release lines
LineReleasedLatestSupport
1.8 Aug 5, 2025 1.8.16 Supported
1.7 Feb 24, 2023 1.7.24 Supported
1.6 Aug 26, 2021 1.6.17 Supported
1.5 Apr 22, 2020 1.5.15 Supported
1.4 Nov 7, 2018 1.4.18 Ended Aug 5, 2025
1.3 Jul 28, 2017 1.3.5 Ended Feb 24, 2023

Source: endoflife.date

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