# How suitable is Elixir for a CLI application?

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/how-suitable-is-elixir-for-a-cli-application/36184>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** cli\
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/how-suitable-is-elixir-for-a-cli-application/36184 "2020-12-13T15:57:12Z")\
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From a pure runtime startup time perspective:  
perl \< python2 \< python3 \< ruby \< java \< elixir \< nodejs  
So elixir is not the worst. Hell, many CLI programs are written in nodejs; I cringe every time I run webpack.

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