https://folk.computer/ 2026-06-04T05:03:09+00:00 https://folk.computer/ https://folk.computer/_media/logo.png text/html 2025-02-21T20:07:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/directory?rev=1740168476&do=diff folk0 (Brooklyn, NY, USA) folk0.local:4273 System setup [A table with many people sitting around it and pieces of paper are out on the table and have all sorts of different programs running on it] [A table with 4 people sitting around paper programs on the table, many of them have little doodled creatures on them.] [Projected rectangles onto a table while the lights are all off so that the colors of the rectangles are glowing] Program gallery * TODO: “Hello $name!” Guestbook program * T… text/html 2025-08-05T01:49:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/donate?rev=1754358578&do=diff Folk Computer Foundation has applied for tax-exempt status with the IRS. This will support continued development of the Folk system and gadget by unlocking different fundraising opportunities and discounts on hardware and software. We would like your help beta testing our fundraising process. We can accept donations today that will be tax-deductible retroactively once we get our 501c3 status ( text/html 2025-10-08T00:42:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/guides?rev=1759884163&do=diff Create guide here to different set up hyperlink to other guides (i.e. keyboard, printer support etc) text/html 2024-08-09T03:15:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/help-out?rev=1723173331&do=diff How you can help Contributing to Folk OS * Take a look at the issues page on our GitHub repo for ways you can contribute * Set up Folk in your living room, kitchen, work, classroom, laboratory — anywhere you think having a programmable database would be helpful. Leave us any bug reports * Reach out to <contact@folk.computer> if you'd like to get added to our Discord Funding text/html 2024-04-24T21:55:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/itp-project-fellows-show-2024?rev=1713995736&do=diff ITP Fellows Show 2024 Folk Computer Games Folk Computer is a project that aims to physicalize programming by allowing physical objects to have code attached to them. Each object can read and write to a database using an easy-to-understand programming language also named Folk. A simple Folk program can write text, like text/html 2025-03-18T20:51:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/links?rev=1742331066&do=diff Links Bold links are technology that is currently used (either reimplemented or as a library) in the Folk core (including unmerged folk2). Italic links have been built into plugins or otherwise seriously tested by us. Tags * Flexible layouts for fiducial tags (AprilTag 3), Maximilian Krogius, Acshi Haggenmiller, and Edwin Olson (2019) text/html 2025-06-11T20:42:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/macos?rev=1749674525&do=diff MacOS Setting up your environment Folk is built on Tcl, so you'll need to install the latest version for 'folk' to work correctly. MacOS has a version of tcl-tk installed by default but you really shouldn't use it because it's riddled with bugs and warnings. Let's get you set up with the latest version of Tcl (as of June 2025) text/html 2024-08-12T20:08:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/moodboard?rev=1723493339&do=diff Moodboard * * source ---------- TODO: * Andrés: add images from Anthony McCall's "Line Describing a Cone" / “projection inspo to add” * Omar: add Ghibli door images (GIFs? embedded YT clips??) text/html 2024-07-01T21:06:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/newsletters?rev=1719867960&do=diff (Subscribe to the Folk newsletter on Substack.) Past newsletters: * June 2026 newsletter * May 2026 newsletter * April 2026 newsletter * March 2026 newsletter * February 2026 newsletter * January 2026 newsletter * December 2025 newsletter * November 2025 newsletter * October 2025 newsletter * September 2025 newsletter * August 2025 newsletter * July 2025 newsletter * June 2025 newsletter * May 2025 newsletter * April 2025 newsletter * March 2025 newsletter * February 2025 ne… text/html 2025-04-30T22:00:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/noun-scramble-exercise?rev=1746050436&do=diff Noun Scramble Exercise Learning to program in Folk is nice and can be made even more fun when you combine paper craft with your programming. This page describes an exercise that Omar and Andrés have used in workshops to teach people how to get started programming in Folk. text/html 2026-03-20T14:58:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/pilot?rev=1774018726&do=diff Do you want to set up your own Folk system? Note: Folk is in a pre-alpha state and isn't yet well-documented or well-exampled. We're making Folk's source code & instructions free and available to the public, in case you're already excited about trying it, but we haven't formally announced it or made it ready for public use. We make no guarantee of support, of usability, or of continuing backward compatibility. Try at your own risk! text/html 2026-05-05T05:40:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/start?rev=1777959619&do=diff hello -- * How to try Folk * Simple examples of what Folk can do right now * April 2026 newsletter (archive) (subscribe here) * Links / related work folk FolkComputerSponsor 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: * Requ… text/html 2025-03-05T19:10:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/supercollider?rev=1741201813&do=diff Directions Use the jmg/supercollider folk branch until it's merged into main. * git checkout jmg/supercollider Install supercollider, the alsa utilities, ghc, and tcl-udp through apt. * sudo apt install supercollider alsa-utils tcl-udp ghc text/html 2025-08-06T21:24:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://folk.computer/type-proposal?rev=1754515451&do=diff Type proposal There's a bunch of informal types in folk, such as quads, spaces, libraries, etc. It would be useful to have a standard representation between different parts of the system, to aid in introspection and consistency. Goals: * Automatic visualization (á la Glamorous Toolkit)