Functional programming utilities for TypeScript. Result types, pattern matching, async pipelines. Fully typed.

Features

• Rust's match in TypeScript: exhaustive pattern matching via re-exported ts-pattern.
• Rust's Result in TypeScript: compose fallible operations without throws (attempt, attemptAsync, ok, err, isOk, unwrap).
• Functional programming, fully typed: flow, flowAsync, tap, when, ifElse, and point-free combinators with end-to-end inference.
• The missing pieces around es-toolkit: variadic-narrowing predicates, async composition, and consistent error normalization alongside its array, object, string, and math utilities.
• Tree-shakeable: focused subpath exports, ESM-only, sideEffects: false. Import only what you use.

Install

npm install massaman

Usage

From ts-pattern

The match subpath re-exports ts-pattern and adds P.ok and P.err for Massaman results.

import { match, P } from 'massaman/match'

const status = match(action)
  .with({ type: 'load' }, () => 'loading')
  .with({ type: 'success' }, () => 'done')
  .with({ type: 'error', msg: P.string }, ({ msg }) => `failed: ${msg}`)
  .exhaustive()

From es-toolkit

Most of the surface (array, object, string, function, math) is a transparent re-export of es-toolkit. Same names, same behavior, same docs.

import { chunk, groupBy } from 'massaman'

chunk([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2)
// [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5]]

groupBy(['apple', 'avocado', 'banana', 'blueberry'], (s) => s[0])
// { a: ['apple', 'avocado'], b: ['banana', 'blueberry'] }

Custom: Result and async composition

Built on top of those re-exports, massaman/control adds Result-style error handling that never throws across a boundary.

import { attemptAsync, isOk } from 'massaman/control'

const result = await attemptAsync(() => fetch('/api/user').then((r) => r.json()))

if (isOk(result)) {
  console.log(result.value)
} else {
  console.error(result.error.message)
}

Why Massaman?

Currying is a core functional programming technique, and its name makes curry-the-food jokes inevitable. Massaman is a delicious Thai curry known for its rich blend of spices. This library continues the pun with its own rich blend of functional patterns.

Two Rust patterns I keep wanting in TypeScript: match for exhaustive branching, and Result for errors that compose without throws.

In Rust:

match action {
    Action::Load => "loading",
    Action::Success => "done",
    Action::Error(msg) => &format!("failed: {}", msg),
}

let parsed: Result<User, Error> = serde_json::from_str(raw);
match parsed {
    Ok(user) => println!("got: {}", user.name),
    Err(err) => eprintln!("failed: {}", err),
}

The equivalent in TypeScript using massaman:

import { match, P } from 'massaman/match'
import { attempt, isOk } from 'massaman/control'

match(action)
  .with({ type: 'load' }, () => 'loading')
  .with({ type: 'success' }, () => 'done')
  .with({ type: 'error', msg: P.string }, ({ msg }) => `failed: ${msg}`)
  .exhaustive()

const parsed = attempt(() => JSON.parse(raw) as User)
if (isOk(parsed)) {
  console.log(`got: ${parsed.value.name}`)
} else {
  console.error(`failed: ${parsed.error.message}`)
}

massaman brings both patterns to TypeScript, layered over es-toolkit and ts-pattern, plus a thin set of utilities filling the gaps: async-aware composition, variadic-narrowing predicates, and consistent error normalization.

More on the philosophy at zrosenbauer.com/gui/blog.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, conventions, and PR process.

License

MIT