[Freedombox-discuss] PHP Alternatives?

[bnewbold at robocracy.org]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Nick M. Daly wrote:

> CryptoCat (secure chat):
>
>    CryptoCat Version 2 (???, in development)

End client XMPP+OTR clients plus Prosody running on the device? If 
CryptoCat as-is is desirable, the server-side PHP code is <500 lines 
including comments and could be ported quickly to python, lua, or node.js.

> Diaspora / Friendica (social networking):
>
>    Libertree (Ruby, Alpha)

I thought Diaspora was Ruby on Rails?

> RoundCube / SquirrelMail (webmail):
>
>    ???

The (very minimal) NULL webmail client is written in C: 
http://nullwebmail.sourceforge.net/webmail/

> OwnCloud (file hosting):
>
>    ???

WebDav over SSL has good cross-distribution and mobile support IIRC.

Most of these projects would require modification anyways to allow some 
form of cohesive web of trust authentication/access control integration, 
right?

-bryan