# Decompile BEAM files to Elixir source code

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/decompile-beam-files-to-elixir-source-code/14081>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** beam, ast\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/decompile-beam-files-to-elixir-source-code/14081 "2018-05-07T14:44:10Z")\
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It depends on if the beam file includes the AST or not. Try this:

> <https://gist.github.com/shino/e5d76ced2e44cc6a21d0>

I believe there are some mechanisms in the compiler to turn the beam bytecode into Core Erlang if you just want to deduce the logic similar to an decompiler

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