diff --git a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
index d51979cb8..ea2cb08f2 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ARCH="${TARGET%%-*}"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/Configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     shared
-#   threads   # needs ucontext.h
+    threads
     no-dgram
     "redox-${ARCH}"
     --prefix="/"
diff --git a/recipes/libs/readline/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/readline/recipe.toml
index c4a707792..35a30f597 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/readline/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/readline/recipe.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ patches = [
 ]
 
 [build]
-template = "configure"
-depends = [
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
 ]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+ln -s "libhistory.so.7" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/lib/libhistory.so
+ln -s "libreadline.so.7" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/lib/libreadline.so
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php-composer/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php-composer/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d4d5565b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php-composer/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#TODO must be run using `php $(which composer)`
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/bin
+wget -c https://getcomposer.org/download/2.8.12/composer.phar
+chmod a+x composer.phar
+cp composer.phar ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/composer
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php80/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php80/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a45f6995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php80/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#TODO promote
+[source]
+tar = "https://www.php.net/distributions/php-8.0.30.tar.xz"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "bzip2",
+    "curl",
+    "gettext",
+    "libffi",
+    "libgmp",
+    "libavif",
+    "libicu",
+    "libjpeg",
+    "libedit",
+    "libonig",
+    "libpng",
+    "libsodium",
+    "libwebp",
+    "libxml2",
+    "libiconv",
+    "libzip",
+    "ncurses",
+    "nghttp2",
+    "openssl1",
+    "pcre",
+    "sqlite3",
+    "xz",
+    "zlib",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+export SUFFIX="80"
+
+# extension stuff
+export CURL_LIBS="-lcurl -lnghttp2 -lssl -lcrypto"
+export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++17"
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --program-suffix=${SUFFIX}
+    --sysconfdir=/etc
+    --with-config-file-path=/etc/php/$SUFFIX
+    --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php/$SUFFIX/conf.d
+    --with-iconv="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
+    --disable-opcache
+    --enable-bcmath
+    --enable-calendar
+#    --enable-fpm  # need times function
+    --enable-gd
+    --enable-intl
+    --enable-mbstring
+    --with-curl
+    --with-gettext
+    --with-gmp
+    --with-jpeg
+    --with-webp
+    --with-avif
+    --with-ffi
+    --with-libedit
+    --with-openssl
+    --with-sodium
+    --with-zip
+)
+
+"${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}" "$@"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install \
+    INSTALL_ROOT="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" \
+    datarootdir=/usr/share localstatedir=/var
+
+for bin in "php-cgi" "php-config" "php" "phpdbg" "phpize"; do
+  ln -s "$bin$SUFFIX" ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/$bin
+done
+mkdir -p ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/php/$SUFFIX/conf.d
+cp ${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/php.ini* ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/php/$SUFFIX/
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php80/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php80/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fcf8326c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php80/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+diff -ruwN source/configure source-new/configure
+--- source/configure	2023-08-04 00:13:08.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/configure	2025-09-20 05:04:59.993364619 +0700
+@@ -46043,7 +46043,7 @@
+   fi
+ 
+ 
+-  ax_cxx_compile_alternatives="11 0x"  ax_cxx_compile_cxx11_required=truednl
++  ax_cxx_compile_alternatives="17 0x"  ax_cxx_compile_cxx11_required=truednl
+   ac_ext=cpp
+ ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+@@ -72692,7 +72692,7 @@
+   printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+ else $as_nop
+ 
+-    php_cv_crypt_r_style=none
++    php_cv_crypt_r_style=struct_crypt_data_gnu_source
+     cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+ 
+diff -ruwN source/ext/intl/config.m4 source-new/ext/intl/config.m4
+--- source/ext/intl/config.m4	2023-08-04 00:13:08.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/ext/intl/config.m4	2025-09-20 05:05:18.892414632 +0700
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
+     breakiterator/codepointiterator_methods.cpp"
+ 
+   PHP_REQUIRE_CXX()
+-  PHP_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(11, mandatory, PHP_INTL_STDCXX)
++  PHP_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(17, mandatory, PHP_INTL_STDCXX)
+   PHP_INTL_CXX_FLAGS="$INTL_COMMON_FLAGS $PHP_INTL_STDCXX $ICU_CXXFLAGS"
+   case $host_alias in
+   *cygwin*) PHP_INTL_CXX_FLAGS="$PHP_INTL_CXX_FLAGS -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L"
+diff -ruwN source/ext/phar/Makefile.frag source-new/ext/phar/Makefile.frag
+--- source/ext/phar/Makefile.frag	2023-08-04 00:13:08.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/ext/phar/Makefile.frag	2025-09-19 23:19:19.020178026 +0700
+@@ -9,20 +9,7 @@
+ pharcmd: $(builddir)/phar.php $(builddir)/phar.phar
+ 
+ PHP_PHARCMD_SETTINGS = -n -d 'open_basedir=' -d 'output_buffering=0' -d 'memory_limit=-1' -d phar.readonly=0
+-PHP_PHARCMD_EXECUTABLE = ` \
+-	if test -x "$(top_builddir)/$(SAPI_CLI_PATH)"; then \
+-		$(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- "$(top_builddir)/$(SAPI_CLI_PATH) -n"; \
+-		if test "x$(PHP_MODULES)" != "x"; then \
+-		$(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- " -d extension_dir=$(top_builddir)/modules"; \
+-		for i in bz2 zlib phar; do \
+-			if test -f "$(top_builddir)/modules/$$i.la"; then \
+-				. $(top_builddir)/modules/$$i.la; $(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- " -d extension=$$dlname"; \
+-			fi; \
+-		done; \
+-		fi; \
+-	else \
+-		$(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- "$(PHP_EXECUTABLE)"; \
+-	fi;`
++PHP_PHARCMD_EXECUTABLE = "true"
+ PHP_PHARCMD_BANG = `$(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- "$(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/$(program_prefix)php$(program_suffix)$(EXEEXT)";`
+ 
+ $(builddir)/phar/phar.inc: $(srcdir)/phar/phar.inc
+@@ -42,9 +29,3 @@
+ 
+ install-pharcmd: pharcmd
+ 	-@$(mkinstalldirs) $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)
+-	$(INSTALL) $(builddir)/phar.phar $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/$(program_prefix)phar$(program_suffix).phar
+-	-@rm -f $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/$(program_prefix)phar$(program_suffix)
+-	$(LN_S) -f $(program_prefix)phar$(program_suffix).phar $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/$(program_prefix)phar$(program_suffix)
+-	@$(mkinstalldirs) $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
+-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(builddir)/phar.1 $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(mandir)/man1/$(program_prefix)phar$(program_suffix).1
+-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(builddir)/phar.phar.1 $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(mandir)/man1/$(program_prefix)phar$(program_suffix).phar.1
+diff -ruwN source/ext/posix/posix.c source-new/ext/posix/posix.c
+--- source/ext/posix/posix.c	2023-08-04 00:13:08.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/ext/posix/posix.c	2025-09-19 22:21:28.998031846 +0700
+@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
+ 
+ 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_NONE();
+ 
+-	if ((ticks = times(&t)) == -1) {
++	{
+ 		POSIX_G(last_error) = errno;
+ 		RETURN_FALSE;
+ 	}
+diff -ruwN source/ext/standard/hrtime.c source-new/ext/standard/hrtime.c
+--- source/ext/standard/hrtime.c	2023-08-04 00:13:08.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/ext/standard/hrtime.c	2025-09-19 23:34:34.839471333 +0700
+@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 
++#elif defined(__redox__)
++	/* pass */
+ #elif PHP_HRTIME_PLATFORM_POSIX
+ 
+ #if !_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml
index 514554763..3b76747a7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ patches = [
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
+    "bzip2",
     "curl",
+    "gettext",
     "libffi",
     "libgmp",
     "libavif",
+    "libicu",
     "libjpeg",
     "libedit",
     "libonig",
     "libpng",
+    "libsodium",
     "libwebp",
     "libxml2",
     "libiconv",
@@ -24,7 +28,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "nghttp2",
     "openssl1",
     "pcre",
-    "readline",
     "sqlite3",
     "xz",
     "zlib",
@@ -37,24 +40,26 @@ export CURL_LIBS="-lcurl -lnghttp2 -lssl -lcrypto"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --program-suffix=${SUFFIX}
     --sysconfdir=/etc
-    --with-config-file-path=/etc
-    --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/conf.d
+    --with-config-file-path=/etc/php/$SUFFIX
+    --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php/$SUFFIX/conf.d
     --with-iconv="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
-    --disable-phar # doesn't work cross compiling
     --disable-opcache
+    --enable-bcmath
+    --enable-calendar
 #    --enable-fpm  # need times function
     --enable-gd
+    --enable-intl
+    --enable-mbstring
     --with-curl
+    --with-gettext
     --with-gmp
     --with-jpeg
     --with-webp
     --with-avif
     --with-ffi
-    --with-intl
-    --with-mbstring
     --with-libedit
-    --with-readline
 #    --with-openssl # need 1.1.1
+    --with-sodium
     --with-zip
 )
 
@@ -67,4 +72,6 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
 for bin in "php-cgi" "php-config" "php" "phpdbg" "phpize"; do
   ln -s "$bin$SUFFIX" ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/$bin
 done
+mkdir -p ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/php/$SUFFIX/conf.d
+cp ${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/php.ini* ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/php/$SUFFIX/
 """
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python312/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python312/recipe.toml
index ada36f03b..c9c8cef85 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python312/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python312/recipe.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ patches = [
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
+    "bzip2",
+    "libffi",
+    "libuuid",
 #    "openssl1", requires 1.1.1
-#    "ncurses",
+    "ncurses",
     "ncursesw",
-#    "readline", unable to link
+    "readline",
+    "sqlite3",
     "zlib",
     "xz"
 ]
@@ -22,11 +26,11 @@ ARCH="${TARGET%%-*}"
 
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     --prefix=/usr
+    --enable-shared
     --disable-ipv6
     --host=${GNU_TARGET}
     --build=$ARCH
     --with-build-python
-#   --with-openssl="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
     --with-ensurepip=install
     ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no
     ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python39/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python39/recipe.toml
index 537c920a4..f7bc5ddb2 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python39/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/python39/recipe.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 #TODO Fix dynamic loading of C modules
-#TODO Fix openssl dependency
-#TODO Add additional dependencies (readline, ncurses, etc.)
 [source]
 tar = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.9/Python-3.9.9.tar.xz"
 patches = [
-#  'redox.patch'
+  'redox.patch'
 ]
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
-#    "openssl1", needs threading / ucontext.h
+    "bzip2",
+    "libffi",
+    "libuuid",
+    "ncurses",
     "ncursesw",
+    "openssl1",
+    "readline",
+    "sqlite3",
     "zlib",
     "xz"
 ]
@@ -45,10 +49,10 @@ export PATH="${BUILDMACH_STAGE}/usr/local/bin:${PATH}"
 
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     --prefix=/usr
+    --enable-shared
     --disable-ipv6
     --host=${GNU_TARGET}
     --build=$ARCH
-#   --with-openssl="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
     --with-ensurepip=install
     ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no
     ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libuuid/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libuuid/redox.patch
index 3b98fa75d..1ede79c48 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libuuid/redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libuuid/redox.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub
-index 52f04bc..4a352eb 100755
---- a/config.sub
-+++ b/config.sub
-@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ case $os in
+diff -ruwN source/config.sub source-new/config.sub
+--- source/config.sub	2014-08-12 15:19:20.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/config.sub	2025-09-19 21:11:57.907457211 +0700
+@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@
  	      | -os2* | -vos* | -palmos* | -uclinux* | -nucleus* \
  	      | -morphos* | -superux* | -rtmk* | -rtmk-nova* | -windiss* \
  	      | -powermax* | -dnix* | -nx6 | -nx7 | -sei* | -dragonfly* \
@@ -11,10 +10,39 @@ index 52f04bc..4a352eb 100755
  	# Remember, each alternative MUST END IN *, to match a version number.
  		;;
  	-qnx*)
-diff --git a/randutils.c b/randutils.c
-index 80893d3..a39168d 100644
---- a/randutils.c
-+++ b/randutils.c
+diff -ruwN source/configure source-new/configure
+--- source/configure	2014-08-12 15:19:19.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/configure	2025-09-19 21:20:30.460699979 +0700
+@@ -5312,7 +5312,7 @@
+   ;;
+ 
+ # This must be glibc/ELF.
+-linux* | k*bsd*-gnu | kopensolaris*-gnu)
++linux* | k*bsd*-gnu | kopensolaris*-gnu | redox*)
+   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
+   ;;
+ 
+@@ -8866,7 +8866,7 @@
+       archive_expsym_cmds='sed "s,^,_," $export_symbols >$output_objdir/$soname.expsym~$CC -shared $pic_flag $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags ${wl}-h,$soname ${wl}--retain-symbols-file,$output_objdir/$soname.expsym ${wl}--image-base,`expr ${RANDOM-$$} % 4096 / 2 \* 262144 + 1342177280` -o $lib'
+       ;;
+ 
+-    gnu* | linux* | tpf* | k*bsd*-gnu | kopensolaris*-gnu)
++    gnu* | linux* | tpf* | k*bsd*-gnu | kopensolaris*-gnu | redox*)
+       tmp_diet=no
+       if test "$host_os" = linux-dietlibc; then
+ 	case $cc_basename in
+@@ -10534,7 +10534,7 @@
+   ;;
+ 
+ # This must be glibc/ELF.
+-linux* | k*bsd*-gnu | kopensolaris*-gnu)
++linux* | k*bsd*-gnu | kopensolaris*-gnu | redox*)
+   version_type=linux # correct to gnu/linux during the next big refactor
+   need_lib_prefix=no
+   need_version=no
+diff -ruwN source/randutils.c source-new/randutils.c
+--- source/randutils.c	2014-08-12 15:07:18.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/randutils.c	2025-09-19 21:11:57.907659403 +0700
 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  #include <string.h>
  #include <sys/time.h>