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• How to try Folk
• Simple examples of what Folk can do right now
• May 2026 newsletter (archive). Subscribe:

• Links / related work

Folk GitHub repository Sponsor Folk on GitHub Sponsors

• Software:
  • CNC previewer
  • QR code scanner
• Guides:
  • Let's make a button!
  • Example programs
  • GPU 'FFI' / shaders
  • Serial Bluetooth
  • OpenCV
• Long-form notes:
  • Towards a folk computer (“tableshots”) (December 2023)
• Discord:
  • Request Discord access to chat with other Folk users and get help: [email protected]

Past supporters and partners include:

• Ink & Switch
• Gradient Retreat
• One Fact Foundation
• Kosmik
• NYU ITP
• Joël Franusic
• Val Town
• Interact
• and more small sponsors (including you?)

Folk media:

• Emily Dickinson's Apple Computer House (Spike Art Magazine, April 2023)
• Folk Computing: A Computer for the Real World (Causal Islands Berlin, October 2024)
• Omar and Andrés on the Folk Computer Gadget (Localhost, Recurse Center, July 2025)

Want to partner with us on something more specific, or support us? contact@folk.computer