Comparison of social networking software
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Social networking software provides the technological basis for community driven content sharing and social networking.
Social networking software comparison
| Category | SocialEngine | IsVipi OSSN | InviSocial | mooSocial | pH7CMS | Dolphin | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | BuddyPress | Elgg | eXo Platform | Jamroom | Drupal | Telligent Community | ImpressCMS | Joomla! | Oxwall | Open Source Social Network | XOOPS | Kune | Jcow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Access | 2016-01-12 | 2016-1-8 | 2015-10-31 | 2015-10-20 | 2016-04-16 | 2015-06-08 | 2015-01-06 | 2010-03-25 | 2014-01-01 | 2014-01-25 | 2013-11-07 | 2008-11-02 | 2009-06-23 | 2012-04-22 | 2007-03-05 | 2016-05-17 | 2016-03-31 | 2010-06-06 | 2012-04-22 | 2015-03-12 |
| License | Custom | GPL 3.0 | Custom | Custom | GPL 3.0 | CPAL 1.0 | LGPL 2.1[1] | GPL 2.0 | Open source under the GPL 2.0[2] [6] | LGPL | MPL | GPL 2.0[3] [7] | Custom | GPL 2.0 | GPL 2.0 | CPAL 1.0 | GPL 2.0 | GPL 2.0 | AGPLv3 | Custom |
| Cost | Starter
$299 Professional $449 Advanced $699 |
Free | $99.99 for 1 perpetual license, Free upgrades and Support | $149 for 1 perpetual license, 12 months upgrade, 30 days support | Free, $279 one-time, $19/mo for commercial sites/apps, premium features, update/upgrade and technical support | Free, $299, $599 | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Per License | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | $199 |
| Source code | Yes | Yes Open Source | Yes Encrypted | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Freely available via stable releases and development SVN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Version | 4.8.9 | 2.0 | 2.2.1 | 1.2.5 | 1.3.7 | 13.1, 12.3 LTS, 9.9 LTS | 1.6.4 | 1.8.16 | 4.0.4 | 5.2.35 | 5.12, 6.16 | 5.0 | 1.3.2 | 1.5.20 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.3 | 2.4.4 | 0.2.0 (beta/production) | 9.7.2 | |
| Installation | 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 (deb package) | Out of the box |
| Codebase | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL, MariaDB | PHP 5.5+, MySQL, MariaDB | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL | Java, MySQL / PostgreSQL / Oracle / Microsoft SQL Server | Java, JCR, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, PDO | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | Java-based GWT, auto-generated AJAX | PHP, MySQL |
| SSO support | Facebook Connect, Twitter, Google Account, Yahoo! ID, LinkedIn, AOL | Facebook Connect, Google Account | Facebook Connect, Twitter, Google Account, Microsoft Account | Facebook Connect + Twitter + Google Account + Yahoo! ID + LinkedIn | LDAP built in, OpenID by plugin | OpenID + LDAP + Active Directory built in | OpenID + OAuth + Facebook + Twitter built in | Module[4] | OpenID LDAP Active Directory Facebook Cookie Forms | OpenID + LDAP + Yubikey + Active Directory built in | OpenID, module | Facebook Connect | Facebook Connect | LDAP + Active Directory built in | Facebook Connect, module | Facebook Connect + Gmail Connect | Facebook Connect | |||
| RSS | Plugin | Members | Blog | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Blog, Files, Groups, Users, Tags | Yes | Module[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
| RSS Reader/Aggregator | Plugin | No | No | Plugin | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Module[4] | Module | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Access control | User levels, Actions, Membership, Privacy, Groups, Pages | User levels, Actions, Membership, Privacy, Groups | User levels, Actions, Privacy, Groups | User Roles, Privacy, Membership, Privacy Settings | Group Levels, Memberships | User levels, Actions, Privacy, Groups | Yes | User levels, Groups | Users, groups (extensible via plugins) | Users levels, Groups, Pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Users, Groups | Yes | Users roles | Users, Groups | Users, Groups | Users (with roles), Groups | User Roles, Privacy, Groups |
| Wiki | Yes | No | No | Plugin | Plugin | No | Yes | Plugin | Plugin | Yes | No | Module | Yes | Module | No | No | No | Module | Yes | No |
| Forum | Module | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Module[4] | Yes | Yes | Module | Component | Yes | Yes | Plugin, $40 | Yes |
| Blog | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Component | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media sharing | via Modules : Photo, Music, Video | Images/Photos, Video,Docs | Images/Photos, Video,Docs (plugin) | Images/Photos, Video,Docs (plugin) | Images/Photos, Videos, Maps, etc. | photos, video, audio, docs | File Galleries (Image, Video, Audio) and Kaltura integration[5] | via choice of plugins | Image, video, audio, documents, any filetype, automatic podcast support (Kaltura Elgg Plugin)[6] | Yes | Yes | Module (Kaltura All-in-One Video Module)[7] | Yes | Yes | ? | via plugins | Images/Photos, Videos, Maps, etc. | Yes | Image, Video, Audio, Maps, etc | Images, Videos, Audios |
| Messaging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module[4] | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | XMPP compliant & chat-rooms | Yes |
| Event Calendar | Module | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Plugin | Plugin | Yes | Module[4] | Module | Module | Module | Plugin | Plugin | Module | Module | Yes | Yes |
| Social Grouping | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | Module | Plugin | Plugin | Yes | Module | Yes | Yes |
| Tagging | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Hashtags on all modules | Yes | Yes | Forum tagging and Group tagging via plugin | Yes | Yes | Module[4] | Module | Yes | Module | ? | Yes | ? | Module | Under development | Yes |
| Connectivity | Yes | No | No | Google, Facebook | Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft | Yes | Webservices | Plugin (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube) | Plugin (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, VEOH) | Webservices | Module[4] | via third party integration like Octazen scripts | Facebook, Google, Content Mirroring, RSS importer, External Widgets | @all by Module | ? | ? | Module | Depends | ||
| Bookmark Sharing / Management | Yes | Yes | Yes Bookmark, Identity Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | via plugin | No | Module[4] | ? | Module | @all by Module | ? | Plugin | Yes | No | Facebook, Twitter | Yes |
| Poll Generation/Tally | Module | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Plugin | Yes | Module[8] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Module | Yes | Yes | |
| Contact Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | Module[4] | Yes | Module | ? | Yes | Yes | Module | ? | Yes | ? | No | |
| Supports the Semantic Web | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Under development | ? | |
| Supports DataPortability | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Customizable | Yes, Extensible via Plugins Widgets, Themes and Language Packs | Yes | Yes | Yes, Extensible via Plugins and Themes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, based on WordPress theme and plugin architecture | Extensible via plugins with a flexible API; skinnable; available in many languages | Extensible via plugins with a flexible API; skinnable; available in many languages | Extensible via modules; skinnable; multi-lingual capable | Module | Extensible via plugins, widgets, tasks, events, REST; skinnable; available in many languages | Module, Plugins, ImpressCMS Persitable Framework (IPF) | ? | Open source, Plugins, Themes, Events, Widgets | Yes | Module | Open source; extensible via gadgets (wave extensions) & via modules; skinnable; available in many languages | Yes |
| Comment | Active community with hundreds of plugins and themes | Responsive, SEO optimized, lightweight, Modern Approach | High Secure and Privacy Oriented features | Multiplatform, Responsive Design, Modular Approach | Responsive design,Highly secure, 96% OOP code, MVC pattern, Module & Template Based Approach, Highly SEO Optimized | Open source, fully customisable, long development history | Based on WordPress. | Small Core, almost everything is a module. Profile centric, content is primarily on the users profile. | Community and collaboration platform with many integrated core applications | Content management | Customizable Facebook-style newsfeed | Responsive backend, frontend similar to Facebook | Modular approach.[9] | Federated, focused on real-time group collaboration and social networking, Apache Wave-based | Yes | |||||
| Category | SocialEngine | IsVipi OSSN | InviSocial | mooSocial | pH7CMS | Dolphin | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | BuddyPress | ELGG | eXo Platform | Jamroom | Drupal | Telligent Community | ImpressCMS | Joomla! | Oxwall | Open Source Social Network (software) Ossn | XOOPS | Kune | Jcow |
References
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