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By the strictest definition of "technically", perhaps, but not in any meaningful sense is it actually federated.
You can easily run your own copy of everything but the PLC server, but if you use DID:Web account types you're not dependent on that either.
https://zeppelin.social/
Even the relay is cheap to run now. $34 a month for A FULL RELAY is less than what it costs to run a large Mastodon server
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lo7a2a4qxg2l
Hosting your own account with your own PDS server is simple.
Running your own feeds and moderation labelers isn't even possible in Mastodon.