GWT Java sources on the client side generates obfuscated and deeply optimized JavaScript conforming a single page application.

Wave extensions (gadgets, bots) run on top of Kune (as in Facebook apps) and can be programmed in Java+GWT, JavaScript or Python.

[11] In order to avoid that, such groups of users may ask a technical expert to build them mailing lists, a webpage and maybe to set up an etherpad.

[12] Kune aims to cover all those needs of groups to communicate and collaborate, in a usable way and thus without depending on technical experts.

[13] It aims to be a free/libre web service (and thus in the cloud), but decentralized as email, so a user can choose the server they want and still interoperate transparently with the rest.

[citation needed] Opposite to most distributed social networks, this software focuses on collaboration and building, not only on communication and sharing.

Kune has a strong focus on the construction of Free Culture and eventually facilitate Commons-based peer production.

The analysis of the situation in 2005[19] concluded that only the groups that had a techie among them (who would manage Mailman or install a CMS) were able to move forward, while the rest would abandon the service.