# Why do Discourse forums require JS?

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**Created:** [September 5, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-discourse-forums-require-js/238156 "2022-09-05T14:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-discourse-forums-require-js/238156/5 "2022-09-05T16:58:56Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> dominates the client side

From client’s side and for an end user it is pure JS, or looks that way, right?

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