#hex Rate Limiting with 'bucketier' in Elixir

Posted on Sep 21, 2025

Rate limiting is an essential technique for protecting your application from abuse and ensuring fair usage. The bucketier hex package provides a simple and effective way to implement rate limiting in your Elixir applications.

bucketier is based on the token bucket algorithm, a popular method for rate limiting. It allows you to define rules for how many requests can be made in a given time period.

The package is easy to set up and configure. You can define different rate limits for different parts of your application, giving you fine-grained control over how your resources are used.

To get started with bucketier, you can add it to your mix.exs file and configure it in your application. The documentation on Hexdocs provides a comprehensive guide to its usage.