# Ash Framework

19 Hacker News commenters recommended Ash Framework and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for well-organized, consistent Elixir code and data modeling that suits AI coding tools; critics say it is hard to get working.

## Why people recommend it

- Consistent, well-structured codebases (3 comments): "the structural guardrails from Ash seems to have led to very consistent, organized and readable code" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911105)) "creates a very well defined and verifiable structure for every part of the codebase" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50147662)) "the consistent structure of using Ash with it for data, API and CLI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49849827))
- Works well with AI coding (2 comments): "AI works very well with it because it can understand the domain you are working in" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886480)) "I'm mostly vibe-coding a system of comparable complexity in Elixir/Ash right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930925))
- Data modeling and business logic (3 comments): "I also like using Ash for data modeling and business logic expression." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48525854)) "build a full open source general purpose ERP in Elixir based on Ash" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46880443)) "the consistent structure of using Ash with it for data, API and CLI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49849827))
- Strong with Elixir and LiveView (2 comments): "I’ve had great experience with Elixir and the new compiler combined with Ash." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929442)) "Elixir + Ash + LiveView is the best productive combination" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46882269))

## What people warn about

- Hard to get working (2 comments): "it was already an insane experience getting imgui, winit and ash to play nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004863)) "I tried to use ash to build a simple app and couldn't get it to work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46881191))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cocoa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cocoa.md): 23 recommend
- [GNUstep](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gnustep.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ash Framework", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ash/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).