Comparison of social networking software
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[edit] Social Network Engine Comparison
Social Network Engines provide the basis for community driven content and social/business networking.
| Category | PeopleAggregator | ELGG | Mugshot | Drupal | Community Server | Joomla! | PHPizabi | ODS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Access | 2007-03-05 | 2008-04-08 | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-05 | 2008-03-06 |
| URL | PeopleAggregator.net | Elgg.org | Mugshot.org | Drupal.org | CommunityServer.org | Joomla.org | PHPizabi.net | OpenLink Data Spaces (ODS) |
| License | Custom [1] [5] | GPL 2.0[2] [6] | GPL 2.0 | GPL 2.0[3] [7] | Custom Prohibited | GPL 2.0 | Custom | Licensing Terms (based on GPL 2.0) |
| Cost | Free (not free, $2700-$20,000)[clarify] | Free | Free | Free | Per License | Free | Free | Free |
| Source Code | Yes | Yes | SVN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Version | 1.2pre6 | 0.9.1 | N/A | 5.1 | 20611.96 | 1.5 | 0.848b C1 HFP1 | 5.0.5 |
| 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 in Virtuoso Open-Source Edition demo database | ||
| Code Base | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL | PHP, MySQL | ASP.NET 2.0. | PHP, MySQL | PHP, MySQL | Virtuoso Universal Server: VSP, VSPX | |
| SSO support | Yahoo Flickr ID, OpenID , VardSpace (under dev) | OpenID by Plugin | No | Yes - OpenID, module | Yes | No | ODS-Framework - OpenID and Yadis compliant | |
| RSS | Blog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| RSS Reader/Aggregator | No | Yes | Simple aggregator from many sites | Module | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Access control | Group based | Group based | Group based | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, Users and Groups | |
| Wiki | No | Plugin | No | Module | No | No | No | Yes |
| Forum | Yes | Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Blog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media sharing | "Image, Video, Audio" | Yes | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Messaging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Event Calendar | Yes/Personal+Group | No | Module | Yes | Yes | |||
| Social Grouping | Yes | Yes | Module | Yes (commercial module) | Yes | |||
| Tagging | Yes | Yes | Module | No | Yes | |||
| Connectivity | "MySpace, Facebook, Google Service, YouTube, AIM, Flickr" | Yes via third party integration like Octazen scripts | Facebook, Flickr, Amazon, Ebay, Google, del.icio.us, Web importer, Mash-ups | |||||
| Bookmark Sharing / Management | Yes | |||||||
| Poll Generation/Tally | Yes | |||||||
| Contact Management | Yes | |||||||
| Supports the Semantic Web | Yes, and Linked Data | |||||||
| Supports DataPortability | Yes | |||||||
| Customizable | Under dev. | Plugin | Module | Yes | ||||
| Comment | Integration of many services | "Clean, simple" | More like RSS aggrators | Lean, Scalable very flexible and extensible framework | 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. |
