IBM/fp-go
Functional programming library for Go 1.24+, inspired by fp-ts. Uses generic type aliases for a clean, composable API. Provides Option, Either, Result, IO, IOResult, Reader, and ReaderIOResult monads, plus optics (Lens, Prism, Traversal) for immutable data manipulation. Supports Functor, Applicative, and Monad abstractions with do-notation-style
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Should you contribute to IBM/fp-go?
IBM/fp-go has a FoundDev health score of 88/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.
Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in Go, so prior Go experience will shorten ramp-up.
Licensed under Apache-2.0, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.
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