---
schema: aziel.software-site-dossier.v1
spec: SOFTWARE-SITE-DOSSIER-1.0
slug: foldlock
kind: software
title: FoldLock — Aziel dossier
author: Aziel Eliab
version: "1.0"
product_version: 0.8.0
date: 2026-09-12
license: Apache-2.0
library: aziel
domain: "software, research"
subjects: foldlock aziel dossier
keywords: "aziel-dossier-1.0, Apache-2.0, foldlock, software, zion:not_applicable"
zion_pattern: not_applicable
identity: Aziel Eliab
person_id: https://www.azieleliab.com/#aziel
runtime_id: https://www.azieleliab.com/runtime#runtime
filename: foldlock-aziel-dossier-1.0.md
---
# FoldLock — Aziel dossier

**Author:** Aziel Eliab
**Version:** 1.0 (product 0.8.0)
**Date:** 2026-09-12
**Slug:** `foldlock`

## License

**Apache-2.0**. Forks welcome and always allowed. Public identity is **Aziel Eliab** only (Aziel Elroi Eliab is `alternateName` / aka only).

## Identity

Algorithmic tether-word suppression on UTF-8 text. Not zip.

### What it is

Algorithmic tether-word suppression on UTF-8 text. Not zip.

Catalog domain label: **Language**.
engine_digest: `1034d5924b88878918986abe260338b0aff0117bc6f9c4d4a01a41d843cfa0a8`.

### What it is not

- Not a ~100-file library unpack of the source tree.
- Not a Zenodo DOI mint (deposit_needed is a separate catalog track).

ZionPattern: **not_applicable**. Software / hardware / designs do not qualify for Zion cards.

## Purpose

Zip-class SOTA adaptive UNI1 compression engine on UTF-8 text.

## Concept

Algorithmic tether-word suppression on UTF-8 text. Not zip.

## Use cases

- Call via FragGate (list → describe → call) when the slug is live
- Download the counted Worker zip when a /download surface exists
- Cite GitHub + Apache-2.0; forks welcome

## Coding / architecture notes

FragGate is THE single public executable door (fraggate_list → fraggate_describe → fraggate_call). This dossier summarizes identity and surfaces only — it does not paste the repository.

This is a **single** library dossier. Do not unpack the GitHub tree, release tarball, or Worker zip into many shelf files.

README lead (truncated, source only):

> # FoldLock
>
> **Compression software** and a **compression engine**. Same category as zip. **SOTA** adaptive UNI1 tether/SIR fold on UTF-8 text (`classify → bakeoff → passthrough`).
>
> **Author:** Aziel Eliab
> **Date:** 4 September 2026
> **License:** [Apache-2.0](LICENSE)
> **Version:** 0.8.0-UNI1
> **Spec:** `foldlock-v0.8-UNI1` · Magics `FLD3` / `UNI1` · Lexicon TETH-1 (112 words)
> **Method paper:** FL-WP-0.3 — [docs/whitepaper.md](docs/whitepaper.md) · DOI [10.5281/zenodo.22257762](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22257762)
> **UNI1 shell:** FL-WP-0.8 — [docs/uni1.md](docs/uni1.md) (repo spec; no new DOI)
>
> > Classify. Bake off. Passthrough if it would grow. Prose is the win lane.
>
> **Forks are welcome and always allowed.**
>
> ## Honest scope
>
> **THIS IS:** compression software and a compression engine (zip-class category; SOTA adaptive UNI1 tether/SIR fold on UTF-8 text: classify → bakeoff → passthrough); tether-word suppression (TETH/FLD4) and structural SIR/FLD5 with optional dictionary, abbreviation, number, and peer packs; exact restore of the original bytes; short strings left alone; already-compressed input refused.
>
> **THIS IS NOT:** the ZIP file format, nor a zlib/gzip/DEFLATE/zstd/lzma wrapper; a claim every file shrinks or that FoldLock beats zstd on all files; translation of all inputs to Latin; encryption; UL; EmployeeLock; TemporalLock; GodLock; a published industry bake-off. Prose/text is the win lane. Code and markup often passthrough. Ratios and `beats_zstd` are per-file receipts, never a global championship.
>
> | Input | What FoldLock does |
> |-------|--------------------|
> | Prose / markdown / plain text | Compete SIR + TETH + peer; keep the smallest exact restore |
> | Source code | TETH or passthrough |
> | JSON / HTML / XML | Often leave alone |
> | zip / png / jpg / pdf / zst / … | Refuse |
> | Short strings | Passthrough — they do not grow |
> | Mixed / unknown UTF-8 | Compete; passthrough if nothing shrinks |
>
> v0.3 FLD3 files still unfold. Discarded reticule / glyph-rotation experiment: [docs/experiments-reticule.md](docs/experiments-reticule.md).
>
> ## One-click install

## Surfaces

- **Home:** https://foldlock-download-tracker.vibelock.workers.dev/
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/AzielEliab/foldlock
- **Counted /download:** https://foldlock-download-tracker.vibelock.workers.dev/download
- **MCP:** https://aziel-runtime.vibelock.workers.dev/mcp
- **fraggate/describe:** https://aziel-runtime.vibelock.workers.dev/v1/fraggate/describe?slug=foldlock

## Related ecosystem links

- Person `@id` https://www.azieleliab.com/#aziel
- Runtime `@id` https://www.azieleliab.com/runtime#runtime
- Official site https://www.azieleliab.com/
- Aziel Corpus Library https://www.azielcorpuslibrary.net/
- GodLock.uk https://godlock.uk/
- He Didn't Jump https://hedidntjump.com/
- Aziel Runtime https://aziel-runtime.vibelock.workers.dev/
- FragGate kernel https://github.com/AzielEliab/fraggate
- Try on Glama https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/AzielEliab/aziel-runtime

Part of the Aziel Eliab ecosystem. Apache-2.0.