I had this same thought because I think Elixir and Erlang are actually similar enough that translating between them directly may be feasible and have decent results. I don’t really think forking is a good idea though. As I understand it most BEAM maintenance is actually done by Ericsson, and I’m not sure the Elixir community has the resources to sustain a project like that. It seems like it would also create bad blood with the Erlang community and risk breaking compatibility eventually, which would be a huge loss for users of libraries like Ranch and Hackney.