# folktale

**Repository Path**: trusted-list/folktale

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: folktale
- **Description**: [not actively maintained!] A standard library for functional programming in JavaScript
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: https://folktale.origamitower.com/
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-09-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-10-05

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

Folktale
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> **NOTE**: This package is not actively maintained anymore, because the
> maintainer stopped working with JavaScript. If you use this
> library and would like to take over maintaining it, reach out to
> [@robotlolita](https://twitter.com/robotlolita) on Twitter.


Folktale is a standard library for functional programming in JavaScript.


## Installing

Folktale can be installed through [npm][]:

    $ npm install folktale

> Not using Node.js? [Check out our guide to running Folktale in other environments!][install]


## Documentation

  - [Browse the HTML documentation for Folktale](http://origamitower.github.io/folktale)

> If you find any functionality that's not documented, or whose documentation
> is confusing or hard to understand, please [report a bug on our issue tracker][bug]


## Supported platforms

Folktale is written for ECMAScript 2015 platforms, but it uses a subset of features that can
be safely backported to platforms as old as ECMAScript 3. If you're running your program in
an older platform, you'll need [es5-shim][] and [es6-shim][].

[es5-shim]: https://github.com/es-shims/es5-shim
[es6-shim]: https://github.com/es-shims/es6-shim

  - Node 4.x, Node 6+ ([**Node 5.x is not supported**](https://github.com/origamitower/folktale/issues/47))


**Browsers**:
  - Chrome 36+
  - Firefox 21+
  - Safari 6+
  - Internet Explorer 9+
  - Edge 13+
  - Opera 12.12+

**Mobile browsers**:
  - Android 4.4+
  - iOS 8.3+


## Support

> Note that all interactions in this project are subject to Origami Tower's
> [Code of Conduct](http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/coc/).

##### Having trouble using Folktale?

  - ["I think I found a bug in Folktale"][bug]
  - ["There's no documentation for X" / "The docs are hard to understand"][docs]
  - [See the Frequently Asked Questions for common issues][faq]
  - [Join the discussion channel][gitter]


##### Think Folktale should do something it doesn't yet?

  - [I want to propose a new feature][feat]
  - [I want to submit a patch/pull request][pr]

> By submitting a Pull Request you agree with releasing your code under the MIT licence.

##### Folktale discussion channels and information

  - [Discussion channel @ Gitter][gitter]
  - [Follow @origamitower for news on Folktale](https://twitter.com/OrigamiTower)
  - [Email the organisation directly](mailto:contact@origamitower.com)

## Licence

Folktale is copyright (c) Quildreen Motta 2015-2017, and released under the MIT licence.
See the `LICENCE` file in this repository for detailed information.

[npm]: https://www.npmjs.com
[bug]: http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/docs/support/bugs/
[docs]: http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/docs/support/bugs/#reporting-problems-in-the-documentation
[gitter]: https://gitter.im/folktale/discussion
[install]: http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/docs/v2.0.0/download/
[faq]: http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/docs/support/faq/
[feat]: http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/docs/support/feature-request/
[pr]: http://origamitower.github.io/folktale/docs/v2.0.0/contributing/