Comparison of social networking software

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

Social networking software comparison

Category	mooSocial	pH7CMS	Boonex Dolphin Pro	SocialEngine	IsVipi OSSN	InviSocial	Dolphin	Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware	BuddyPress	Elgg	eXo Platform	Jamroom	Drupal	Telligent Community	ImpressCMS	Joomla!	Oxwall	Open Source Social Network	XOOPS	Kune	Jcow	Category
Last Access	2016-08-23	2016-10-25	2016-07-12	2016-01-12	2016-1-8	2015-10-31	2015-06-08	2015-01-06	2016-05-24	2014-01-01	2014-01-25	2013-11-07	2008-11-02	2009-06-23	2012-04-22	2007-03-05	2016-07-26	2016-03-31	2010-06-06	2012-04-22	2015-03-12	Last Access
License	Custom	GPL 3.0	CC-BY	Custom	GPL 3.0	Custom	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	License
Cost	$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	$599 $29-199/month	Starter $299 Professional $449 Advanced $699	Free	$99.99 for 1 perpetual license, Free upgrades and Support	Free, $299, $599	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Per License	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	$199	Cost
Source code	Open Source	Source code is available on Github and SourceForge	Yes	Yes	Yes Open Source	Yes Encrypted	Yes	Yes	Yes	Freely available via stable releases and development SVN	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Source code
Version	2.4.2	3.1.0	7.3.1	4.8.9	2.0	2.2.1	13.1, 12.3 LTS, 9.9 LTS	1.6.4	2.5.3	4.0.4	5.2.35	5.12, 6.16	5.0	1.3.2	1.5.20	1.8.0	1.8.4	2.4.4	0.2.0 (beta/production)	9.7.2		Version
Installation	Out of the box	Out of the box	Hosted On-premises SaaS	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	Installation
Codebase	PHP, MySQL	PHP 5.5+, JS, MySQL, MariaDB	PHP, MySQL, JS	PHP, MySQL	PHP, MySQL	PHP, MySQL	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	Codebase
Mobile App	Android app, iOS app																					Mobile App
SSO support	Facebook Connect, Google Account	Facebook Connect, Twitter, Google Account, Microsoft Account	oAuth 2.0, Google Account, Facebook Connect, Custom	Facebook Connect, Twitter, Google Account, Yahoo! ID, LinkedIn, AOL			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		SSO support
RSS	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Members	Blog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Blog, Files, Groups, Users, Tags	Yes	Module[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	?	Yes	?	Yes	RSS
RSS Reader/Aggregator	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Plugin	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Module[4]	Module	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	RSS Reader/Aggregator
Access control	User Roles, Privacy, Membership, Privacy Settings	Group Levels, Memberships, Access Control, Privacy, Permissions	Access Control Levels, User levels, Actions, Memberships, Privacy, Permissions, Groups, Pages	User levels, Actions, Membership, Privacy, Groups, Pages	User levels, Actions, Membership, Privacy, Groups	User levels, Actions, Privacy, Groups	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	Access control
Wiki	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	No	Module	Yes	Module	No	No	No	Module	Yes	No	Wiki
Forum	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Module[4]	Yes	Yes	Module	Component	Yes	Yes	Plugin, $40	Yes	Forum
Blog	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Component	Yes	Yes	Yes		Blog
Media sharing	Images/Photos, Video,Docs (plugin)	Images/Photos, Videos, Maps, etc.	Images, Video, Docs, Music, Extensions	via Modules : Photo, Music, Video	Images/Photos, Video,Docs	Images/Photos, Video,Docs (plugin)	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	Media sharing
Messaging	Live Chat, mobile web, iOS and Android app supported	Yes	Messenger, WebRTC Chat, Mailbox, iOS and Android Chats, MAC and WIN Chat Apps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module[4]	Module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	XMPP compliant & chat-rooms	Yes	Messaging
Event Calendar	Yes	No	Yes	Module	No	No	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	Module[4]	Module	Module	Module	Plugin	Plugin	Module	Module	Yes	Yes	Event Calendar
Social Grouping	Yes	?	Groups, Events, Webinars	Module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes	Module	Plugin	Plugin	Yes	Module	Yes	Yes	Social Grouping
Tagging	Categories, Tags and Inline Hashtags	Hashtags on all modules	Categories, Tags, Inline Hashtags	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Forum tagging and Group tagging via plugin	Yes	Yes	Module[4]	Module	Yes	Module	?	Yes	?	Module	Under development	Yes	Tagging
Connectivity	Google, Facebook, Twitter	Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft	Yes	Yes	No	No	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	Facebook	Connectivity
Bookmark Sharing / Management	Yes	Yes	URL Parser, Timline Sharing, Snippets	Yes	Yes	Yes Bookmark, Identity Management	Yes	Yes	?	via plugin	No	Module[4]	?	Module	@all by Module	?	Plugin	Yes	No	Facebook, Twitter	Yes	Bookmark Sharing / Management
Poll Generation/Tally	Plugin	No	Interactive Polls, Visual Graphs	Module	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Plugin	Yes	Module[8]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No	Module	Yes	Yes	Poll Generation/Tally
Contact Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	?	Module[4]	Yes	Module	?	Yes	Yes	Module	?	Yes	?	No	Contact Management
Supports the Semantic Web	?	Yes	Yes	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	Under development	?	Supports the Semantic Web
Supports DataPortability	Yes	Yes	Full data ownership, export tools, migration.	Yes	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Supports DataPortability
Customizable	Yes, Open-source, Layout Editor, Extensible via Plugins and Themes	Yes	Open-source, Page Builders, Navigation Builders, Fields Builder, ACL, Templates, Languages, Extensions	Yes, Extensible via Plugins Widgets, Themes and Language Packs	Yes	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	Customizable
Comment	Multiplatform, Responsive Design, Modular Approach	Responsive design,Highly secure, 98% OOP code, MVC pattern, Module & Template Based Approach, Highly SEO Optimised, Mobile-Friendly	Large extensions market, scalable, 300,000 deployments, native apps, responsive UI, SEO-friendly.	Active community with hundreds of plugins and themes	Responsive, SEO optimized, lightweight, Modern Approach	High Secure and Privacy Oriented features	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	Comment
Category	mooSocial	pH7CMS	Boonex Dolphin Pro	SocialEngine	IsVipi OSSN	InviSocial	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	Category

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