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Comparison of social networking softwareSocial networking software provide the basis for community driven content and social/business networking. Social networking software comparison| Category | ONEsite | phpBB Social Network | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | BoonExDolphin | BuddyPress | EngineY | PeopleAggregator | ELGG | Mugshot (Discontinued) | Drupal | Communifire | Telligent Community | iScripts Socialware | ImpressCMS | Joomla! | PHPizabi | ODS | Oxwall | Jcow | phpFox | XOOPS | JomSocial | webNetwork | Noosfero | SocialEngine | Kune |
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| Last Access | 2013-02-05 | 2012-10-29 | 2011-02-21 | 2010-09-9 | 2010-03-25 | 2010-02-26 | 2007-03-05 | 2012-03-07 | 2008-10-31 | 2008-11-02 | 2012-1-04 | 2009-06-23 | 2012-5-30 | 2012-04-22 | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-05 | 2008-03-06 | 2012-12-21 | 2010-03-29 | 2011-03-10 | 2010-06-06 | 2011-07-14 | 2011-05-02 | 2012-09-05 | 2012-02-24 | 2012-04-22 | | License | Custom | GPL 2.0 | LGPL 2.1[1] | CC-BY | GPL 2.0 | Apache 2.0 | Custom[2] [5] | Open source under the GPL 2.0[3] [6] | GPL 2.0 | GPL 2.0[4] [7] | Custom | Custom | Custom | GPL 2.0 | GPL 2.0 | Custom | Custom[5] (based on GPL 2.0) | CPAL 1.0 | Creative Commons | Custom[6] | GPL 2.0 | GPL 2.0 | Custom | AGPL | Custom | AGPLv3 | | Cost | $100–$2500 | Free | Free | Free, $99 | Free | Free | Free (not free, $2700–$20,000)[clarification needed] | Free | Free | Free | Per License | Per License | Per License, $147.00 | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | 30 Day Trial, $199, $219, $299 | $99, $199, $299 | Free | $99, $149, $499 | $199 | Free | from $299, to $669 with all options | Free | | Source Code | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Freely available via stable releases and development SVN | Terminated[7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Version | N/A | 0.7.2 | 9.0 | 7.0.x | 1.6.4 | N/A | 1.2pre6 | 1.8.13 | N/A | 5.12, 6.16 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.3.2 | 1.5.20 | 0.848b C1 HFP1 | 5.0.5 | 1.5.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.3.0 | 2.4.4 | 2.2.3 | ? | 0.38.2 | 4.7 | 0.2.0 (beta/production) | | Installation | Hosted | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | ? | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box/hosted | ? | Out of the box | Out of the box | Out of the box | ? | Out of the box on Debian or manual install | Out of the box | Out of the box (deb package) | | Codebase | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | Ruby, Rails | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL | ? | PHP, MySQL | ASP.NET 4.0 / Microsoft SQL Server | ASP.NET 3.5 / Microsoft SQL Server | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | VSP/VSPX | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | ? | Ruby, Rails | PHP, MySQL | Java-based GWT, auto-generated AJAX | | SSO support | Facebook Connect Twitter Connect OpenID Yahoo Steam GitHub Flickr XboxLive OAuth2 | Under development | OpenID + LDAP + Active Directory built in | Facebook Connect OpenID Janrain | Facebook Connect Twitter Connect LDAP OpenID (via plugins) | Facebook Connect OpenID | Yahoo Flickr ID, OpenID , VardSpace (under dev) | LDAP built in, OpenID by plugin | No | OpenID, module | OpenID LDAP Active Directory Facebook Cookie Forms | OpenID LDAP Active Directory Facebook Cookie Forms | No | OpenID + LDAP + Yubikey + Active Directory built in | OpenID, module | ? | OpenID and Yadis compliant | Facebook Connect | OpenID, module | Facebook Connect | LDAP + Active Directory built in | Facebook Connect | ? | Under development, scheduled for 0.32 | Facebook Connect, module | Under development | | RSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Blog | Blog, Files, Groups, Users, Tags | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | | RSS Reader/Aggregator | Module | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Simple aggregator from many sites | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | | Access control | Users, Groups, Pages, Modules, User Tiers within Control Panel | Users, Groups | Yes | User levels, Groups, Page blocks, Pages | User levels, Groups | Yes | Group-based | Users, groups (extensible via plugins) | Group-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Users, Groups | Users, Groups | Yes | ? | Users, Groups | Users roles | Users roles | Users, Groups | Users, Groups | Yes | ? | Users roles | Users levels, Groups, Pages | Users (with roles), Groups | | Wiki | Yes | No | Yes | Plugin | Plugin | Under development | No | Plugin | No | Module | Yes | Yes | No | Module | No | No | Yes | No | No | Plugin | Module | Component | ? | No, but collective articles | No | Yes | | Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Component | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Module | Component | ? | Yes | Plugin, $40 | Yes | | Blog | Yes | Under development | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Module | Component | ? | Yes | Plugin, $40 | Yes | | Media sharing | Photos, Videos, Blogs, Comments, Forums, Podcasts, Articles | Yes | File Galleries (Image, Video, Audio) and Kaltura integration[8] | Image, Video, Audio, Boards, Files | via choice of plugins | Yes | Image, Video, Audio | Image, video, audio, documents, any filetype, automatic podcast support (Kaltura Elgg Plugin)[9] | ? | Module (Kaltura All-in-One Video Module)[10] | Yes | Yes | Image, Video, Audio | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | via plugins | Image, Video, Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Media on Articles, Media directory, Image Gallery | plugins : Photo $40, Music $30, Video $40 | Image, Video, Audio, Maps, etc | | Messaging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Text, Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | XMPP over web. Community talk and friends talk | Yes | XMPP compliant & chat-rooms | | Event Calendar | Yes | Under development | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Personal & Group | Plugin | ? | Module | Yes | Module | Yes | Module | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Application | Yes | Module | Yes | ? | Yes | Plugin, $40 | Yes | | Social Grouping | Yes | Under development | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Plugin | Commercial module | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | ? | Yes | Plugin, $40 | Yes | | Tagging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Forum tagging and Group tagging via plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | ? | No | SKOS, SCOT and MOAT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | ? | Yes | Plugin, $40 | Under development | | Connectivity | Chat system | Under development | Webservices | Facebook (more via plugins) | Plugin (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube) | Facebook | MySpace, Facebook, Google Service, YouTube, AIM, Flickr | Plugin (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, VEOH) | ? | via third party integration like Octazen scripts | Webservices | Facebook, Google, Content Mirroring, RSS importer, External Widgets | YouTube | @all by Module | ? | Facebook, Flickr, Amazon, Ebay, Google, del.icio.us, Web importer, Mash-ups | Open ID | | Yes | Yes | Module | Facebook, Various video providers | ? | RSS importer | Yes | Depends | | Bookmark Sharing / Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | via plugin | ? | ? | Module | Module | ? | @all by Module | ? | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Facebook, Twitter | ? | | Poll Generation/Tally | Polls, Quizzes, Surveys and Petitions | Yes | Yes | Yes, with sharing | ? | ? | ? | Plugin | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Module | via plugins | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | | Contact Management | Integration through API | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Module | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Component | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Supports the Semantic Web | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes, and Linked Data | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Under development | | Supports DataPortability | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | Customizable | Page templates, layout, CSS skinnable, custom HTML, smarty templates, REST API | Open source, Plugins, Themes, Widgets | Yes | Templates, page builders, database builders, open-source, extensions, plugins | Yes, based on WordPress theme and plugin architecture | Yes | Under development | Extensible via plugins with a flexible API; skinnable; available in many languages | ? | Module | Extensible via plugins, widgets, tasks, events, REST; skinnable; available in many languages | Extensible via plugins, widgets, tasks, events, REST; skinnable; available in many languages | Skinnable, Module Manager | Module, Plugins, ImpressCMS Persitable Framework (IPF) | ? | ? | Open Source, Skinnable, and more | Open source, Plugins, Themes, Events, Widgets | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | ? | Site configurations, Templates, Plugins, CMS (for each profile), and open-source | Yes | Open source; extensible via gadgets (wave extensions) & via modules; skinnable; available in many languages | | Comment | Modular, drag and drop layout, content management and social login. | Based on phpBB, should be familiar to anyone who has used or developed with phpBB before. | | Comes with iPhone App, Android App, Desktop App, Flash Players and Converter. Backed by large community. Hundreds of extensions. | Based on WordPress, should be familiar to anyone who has used or developed with WordPress before. | | Integration of many services | "Clean, simple" | More like RSS aggrators | Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. | Community and collaboration platform with many integrated core applications | Community and collaboration platform with many integrated core applications | Supports Free and paid membership plans | Install only if you like with modules. ImpressCMS = Make a Lasting Impression | Content management | | All component applications fully integrated, and all data accessible by multiple means including SPARQL/RDF, ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, OLE DB, XMLA, and other protocols. | Simple, plugin-based, user-friendly, SEO-friendly, customizable Facebook-style newsfeed | Ajax comment | | Modular approach, with hundreds of free modules and thousands of free themes.[11] | A Joomla component, can be installed alongside other Joomla components | | Focus on a content productizer user, has professional support by Colivre, has enterprise specific profile type with products showroom and global search. | plugin based, white label, well documented, 30 days free trial | Federated, focused on real-time group collaboration and social networking, wave-based, check Kune | | Category | ONEsite | phpBB Social Network | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | BoonExDolphin | BuddyPress | EngineY | PeopleAggregator | ELGG | Mugshot (Discontinued) | Drupal | Communifire | Telligent Community | iScripts Socialware | ImpressCMS | Joomla! | PHPizabi | ODS | Oxwall | Jcow | phpFox | XOOPS | JomSocial | webNetwork | Noosfero | SocialEngine | Kune |
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