Distillery

Distillery is a release manager for Elixir applications, designed to package apps into self-contained, deployable artifacts. It automates the process of building OTP releases, handling steps like compilation, dependency bundling, and generating start/stop scripts. Releases built with Distillery include everything needed to run an Elixir app in production, even on machines without Elixir or Erlang installed. It also supports features like configuration providers, hot upgrades, and customizable release pipelines. By managing environment-specific settings, it simplifies deploying the same app to different systems without manual reconfiguration. Distillery has historically been a key tool for production Elixir deployments before Elixir added built-in release functionality, and it remains valuable for teams seeking flexibility in their deployment workflows.