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[[Social software|Social networking software]] provides the technological basis for community driven content sharing and social networking.

See also [[Comparison of software and protocols for distributed social networking]], especially for open-source software. [[Comparison of microblogging and similar services]] may also be relevant.

==Social networking software comparison==
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! {{left header}} | Name
!Last Access
![[License]] 
![[Cost]]
![[Source code]]
![[Software versioning|Version]]
![[Installation (computer programs)|Installation]]
![[Codebase]]
![[Single sign-on|SSO]] support
![[RSS]]
![[RSS]]<br/>Reader/<br/>Aggregator
![[Access control]]
![[Wiki]]
![[Internet forum|Forum]]
![[Blog]]
!Media sharing
!Credits and payments
!p2p Video-confrencing
![[Messaging]]
!Event [[Calendar]]
!Group Rides
!Social Grouping
![[Tag (metadata)|Tagging]]
![[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|Connectivity]]
!Poll Generation/Tally
!Contact Management
!Supports the [[Semantic Web]]
!Supports DataPortability
![[Customizable]]
!Comment
! {{left header}} | Name
|-
|[[BuddyPress]]
|2020-01-08
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 2|GPL 2.0]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|5.1.2
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]/[[PostgreSQL]]
|[[OpenID]] + [[OAuth]] + [[Facebook]] + [[Twitter]] built in
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Users, groups (extensible via plugins)
|No
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Extensible via plugins with a flexible API; skinnable; available in many languages
|Based on WordPress.
|[[BuddyPress]]
|-
|[[Drupal]]
|2008-11-02
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 2|GPL 2.0]]}}<ref name="DrupalAbout">{{cite web|url=http://drupal.org/about|title=About Drupal|work=Drupal Open Source CMS|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|5
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], PDO
|[[OpenID]], module
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|No
|Module
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{Yes}}
|Module
|
|Plugin
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Extensible via plugins, widgets, tasks, events, REST; skinnable; available in many languages
|Community and collaboration platform with many integrated core applications
|[[Drupal]] 
|-
|[[Elgg (software)|Elgg]]
|2014-01-01
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 2|GPL 2.0]]}}<ref name="ElggLicense">{{cite web|url=http://elgg.org/license.php|title=Elgg License|work=Elgg Open Source Social Networking Engine|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>
| {{Free}} 
| {{Yes}}
|3.3.11
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]] / [[PostgreSQL]] / [[Oracle Database|Oracle]] / [[Microsoft SQL Server]]
|Module<ref name="jrmarketplace">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9BTURpfFWU  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/K9BTURpfFWU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Jamroom Marketplace System |publisher=youtube |date=3 October 2013 |access-date=7 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Users levels, Groups, Pages
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|[[Facebook]], [[Google]], Content Mirroring, RSS importer, External Widgets
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Extensible via plugins with a flexible API; skinnable; available in many languages
| {{dunno}}
|[[Elgg (software)|ELGG]] 
|-
|[[Humhub]]
|2021-01-28
|{{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPLv3]]}} or under a proprietary license
| {{Free}} or 99€ / monthly
| {{Yes}}
|1.10.3
|Ou of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]], or MariaDB with InnoDB storage engine installed
| {{Yes}}
|No
|No
|Users, Spaces, Groups
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
Discord,

Google,

Facebook,

Kopano,

OnlyOffice
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Provides API
| {{dunno}}
|[[Humhub]]
|-
|[[ImpressCMS]]
|2012-04-22
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 2|GPL 2.0]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|1.5.20
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]
|[[Facebook Connect]]
|Plugin
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|No
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|via plugins
|
|
| {{Yes}}
|Plugin
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|Content management
|[[ImpressCMS]]
|-
|[[Jamroom]]
|2017-02-07
|{{free|[[Mozilla Public License|MPL]]}}
| {{Free}}, $299 Premium, Hosted from $39
| {{Yes}}
|6.1.0
|Hosted Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]
|[[OpenID]] + [[LDAP]] + [[Yubikey]] + [[Active Directory]] built in
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Module
| {{Yes}}
|Plugin
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{Yes}}
|Module
|
|Module
|Module
|@all by Module
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|Module
|Small Core, 150+ modules, responsive, SEO optimized, cloud scalable, friendly support and community
|[[Jamroom]]
|-
|[[Joomla!]]
|2007-03-05
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 2|GPL 2.0]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|3.9.5
|Out of the box/hosted
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]
|[[LDAP]] + [[Active Directory]] built in
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Users roles
|Module
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Images/Photos, Videos, Maps, etc.
|
|
| {{Yes}}
|Module
|
|Module
|Module
|Module
|No
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Open source, Plugins, Themes, Events, Widgets
|Customizable Facebook-style newsfeed
|[[Joomla!]]
|-
|[[Kune (software)|Kune]]
|2012-04-22
|{{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPLv3]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|9.7.2
|Out of the box (deb package)
|[[Java (programming language)|Java]]-based [[Google Web Toolkit|GWT]], auto-generated [[AJAX]]
|[[LDAP]], [[Facebook Connect]], [[Google Account]], [[GitHub]], [[Microsoft Account]], others 
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Federated, focused on real-time group collaboration and social networking, [[Apache Wave]]-based
|[[Kune (software)|Kune]]
|-
|[[Minds (social network)|Minds]]
|2018-02-20
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 3|AGPLv3]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|1
|Out of the box
|Angular2, Cassandra, NodeJS, PHP, Elasticsearch, React Native
|[[oAuth 2.0]], [[Google Account]], [[Facebook Connect]], Custom
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Group Levels, Memberships, Access Control, Privacy, Permissions
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Images, Video, Docs, Music, Extensions
|
|
|Messenger, WebRTC Chat, Mailbox, iOS and Android Chats, MAC and WIN Chat Apps
|No
|
|Groups, Events, Webinars
|Categories, Tags, Inline Hashtags
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Enterprise ready and scalable for millions of users
|[[Minds (social network)|Minds]]
|-
|[[Movim]]
| {{dunno}}
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 3|AGPLv3]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
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| {{dunno}}
|[[PHP]]
|No
|No
| {{dunno}}
|Group Levels, Memberships, Access Control, Privacy, Permissions
|No
|No
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{Yes}}, and audio + video calls based [[webRTC]]
|No
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}, with all networks supporting [[XMPP]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|Federated, based on [[XMPP]]
|[[Movim]]
|-
|[[Ph7cms|pH7CMS]]
|2023-01-02
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 3|GPL 3.0]]}}<ref name="pH7CMS License">[https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS#license pH7CMS General Public License 3]</ref>
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|17.9.0<ref name="ph7_release">[https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS/releases/ pH7CMS v17.9 Release]</ref>
|Out of the box
|[[OOP PHP|PHP 5.6+]], [[JavaScript|JS]], [[MySQL]], [[MariaDB]]
|[[oAuth 2.0]], [[Google Account]], [[Facebook Connect]], Custom
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Access Control Levels, User levels, Actions, Memberships, Privacy, Permissions, Groups, Pages
|No
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Images, Video, Docs, Music, Extensions
|
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|No
|Interactive Polls, Visual Graphs
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|99% OOP code, MVC pattern, module- and template-based approach
|[[Ph7cms|pH7CMS]]
|-
|[[Telligent Community]]
|2009-06-23
|{{Proprietary}}
|Per License
| {{Yes}}
|1.3.2
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]
|[[Facebook Connect]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|Users, Groups
|No
|Component
|Component
| {{dunno}}
|
|
|Plugin
|Plugin
|
|Plugin
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
|Module
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Module, Plugins, ImpressCMS Persitable Framework (IPF)
| {{dunno}}
|[[Telligent Community]]
|-
|[[Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware]]
|2015-01-06
|{{free|LGPL 2.1}}<ref name="TikiWikiLicense">{{cite web|url=http://tiki.org/license|title=Tiki Wiki License (GNU Lesser General Public License v. 2.1)|work=Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>
| {{Free}}
| {{Free}}ly available via stable releases and development SVN
|1.6.4
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]
|[[OpenID]] + [[LDAP]] + [[Active Directory]] built in
|Blog, Files, Groups, Users, Tags
| {{Yes}}
|User levels, Groups
| {{Yes}}
|Plugin
| {{Yes}}
|Image, video, audio, documents, any filetype, automatic podcast support (Kaltura Elgg Plugin)<ref name="ElggKaltura">{{cite web |url=http://community.elgg.org/pg/groups/282/kaltura-plugin/ |title=Kaltura Collaborative Video Plugin |work=The Elgg Community |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908050328/http://community.elgg.org/pg/groups/282/kaltura-plugin/ |archive-date=8 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|
| {{Yes}}
|Plugin
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|Webservices
|Plugin
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}, based on WordPress theme and plugin architecture
| {{dunno}}
|[[Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware]]
|-
|[[XOOPS]]
|2010-06-06
|{{free|[[GPL#Version 2|GPL 2.0]]}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Yes}}
|0.2.0 (beta/production)
|Out of the box
|[[PHP]], [[MySQL]]
|[[Facebook Connect]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Users (with roles), Groups
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|Open source; extensible via gadgets ([[Apache Wave|wave]] extensions) & via modules; skinnable; available in many languages
|Modular approach<ref name="XoopsWhy">{{cite web|url=http://www.xoops.org/modules/wfchannel/index.php?wfc_cid=24|title=Why XOOPS?|work=XOOPS Web Application System|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>
|[[XOOPS]]
|-
! {{left header}} | Name
!Last Access
![[License]] 
![[Cost]]
![[Source code]]
![[Software versioning|Version]]
![[Installation (computer programs)|Installation]]
![[Codebase]]
![[Single sign-on|SSO]] support
![[RSS]]
![[RSS]]<br/>Reader/<br/>Aggregator
![[Access control]]
![[Wiki]]
![[Internet forum|Forum]]
![[Blog]]
!Media sharing
!
!
![[Messaging]]
!Event [[Calendar]]
!
!Social Grouping
![[Tag (metadata)|Tagging]]
![[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|Connectivity]]
!Poll Generation/Tally
!Contact Management
!Supports the [[Semantic Web]]
!Supports DataPortability
![[Customizable]]
!Comment
! {{left header}} | Name
|}

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