Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte are all built in PHP. All they need to run is a LAMP stack. That’s why even a feature monster like Hubzilla needs fewer server resources per user than Mastodon.
They only have a little bit of JavaScript for some UI elements such as spoiler tags.
Mbin (like fedia.io and others) is also PHP, built on Symfony
Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte are all built in PHP. All they need to run is a LAMP stack. That’s why even a feature monster like Hubzilla needs fewer server resources per user than Mastodon.
They only have a little bit of JavaScript for some UI elements such as spoiler tags.