# Can non-Javascript web applications be built on top of IPFS?

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**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/can-non-javascript-web-applications-be-built-on-top-of-ipfs/12816 "2021-12-02T14:22:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolneykien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/wolneykien/32/5509_2.png) [@wolneykien](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/wolneykien)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/can-non-javascript-web-applications-be-built-on-top-of-ipfs/12816/4 "2021-12-02T22:52:47Z")

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Hi! As I can see, a Shiny app sends XHR requests to the configured server, so it is a client-server app. You can’t run client-server apps with the present IPFS infrastructure. That’s a well known “dynamic website on IPFS problem”. I’m inviting you to discuss a possible solution to it — see the second link below.

- [How to host a dynamic website on IPFS](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-host-a-dynamic-website-on-ipfs/10705)
- [A preliminary discussion of the “Workswap” protocol](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-preliminary-discussion-of-the-workswap-protocol/12320)

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