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Erlang file

Open and edit ERL files

You can open, view and edit ERL files for free right here in your browser, without VS Code and without uploading anything. Source code in Erlang, developed at Ericsson in the 1980s for telephone exchanges. It runs many lightweight processes and is built to keep systems going through failures.

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View an ERL file without VS Code

Open and viewYes
EditYes
Create a new oneNot yet
Save as ERLYes, keeping what Anyfile doesn’t show
FormatBy Ericsson, since 1986

Edit ERL files

Keeps the original encoding (UTF-8, UTF-16 or Windows-1252), byte-order mark and line endings unless you change them.

More about the text and code editor

.erl

Erlang file

Source code in Erlang, developed at Ericsson in the 1980s for telephone exchanges. It runs many lightweight processes and is built to keep systems going through failures.

Messaging, telecoms and other systems that must stay up.

Opens in VS Code, Emacs, IntelliJ IDEA with the Erlang plug-in

Questions

How do I open an ERL file without VS Code?

Drop it on this page, or choose it. It opens in Anyfile’s text and code editor right in your browser, with nothing to install and no account.

Can I edit an ERL file online for free?

Yes. Keeps the original encoding (UTF-8, UTF-16 or Windows-1252), byte-order mark and line endings unless you change them..

Is my ERL file uploaded?

No. It opens, changes and saves on your device. Nothing is sent to a server.