What platform would you build an Instagram clone on?

[nsa]

There's a development group that I like, but they want to build it for me on PrestaShop, based on PHP, whereas Instagram and most of the big websites use Python. Is Python basically the answer now for mobile apps?

Edited by nsa on Tuesday 9th November 06:11

[robbieduncan]

The mobile/client bit is almost certainly not running in Python or PHP. The back-end server code could be

[wheelerc]

PHP may be ok for backend, but PrestaShop would be a strange choice of framework, to say the least. Something like Laravel may allow you to relatively quickly put together a proof of concept. Mobile apps will be in another language something like Kotlin.

[Bob_The_Builder]

I know nothing about Web stuff, but my PhD is in computer vision. Python with lots of image data screams out analytics/machine learning. Which would make sense for something "free" like Instagram.

[bigandclever]

robbieduncan said:

The mobile/client bit is almost certainly not running in Python or PHP. The back-end server code could be

The front end is built using React Native.

[essayer]

Probably something like React Native for the mobile / front-end component

For the backend, I'd consider NodeJS running on AWS nowadays, the whole stack should run on cloud natively. This will be easy to scale. Once you get Instagram-sized you can apply instagram-sized solutions

[plasticpig]

Instagram are quite open about what technologies they use: https://instagram-engineering.com/

[mw88]

Are you actually selling stuff? Prestashop seems like a really odd choice of platform for an Insta clone.

[nsa]

Thanks everyone. I won't be selling anything. I will investigate React Native. I think finding the right people to build the app will be harder than actually putting it together.

[Jwan]

What are you hoping for with an Instagram clone? I guess I'm asking why you want to build an Instagram clone!