Comparison of social networking software

Social Network Engine Comparison

Social Network Engines provide the basis for community driven content and social/business networking.

Category	PeopleAggregator	ELGG	Mugshot	Drupal	Telligent Community	iScripts Socialware	ImpressCMS	Joomla!	PHPizabi	ODS
Last Access	2007-03-05	2009-03-21	2008-10-31	2008-11-02	2009-06-23	2008-10-10	2009-10-07	2007-03-05	2007-03-05	2008-03-06
License	Custom [1] [5]	Open source under the GPL 2.0[2] [6]	GPL 2.0	GPL 2.0[3] [7]	Custom	Custom	GPL 2.0	GPL 2.0	Custom	Licensing Terms (based on GPL 2.0)
Cost	Free (not free, $2700-$20,000)	Free	Free	Free	Per License	Per License, $147.00	Free	Free	Free	Free
Source Code	Yes	Freely available via stable releases and development SVN	SVN	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Version	1.2pre6	1.5	N/A	5.12, 6.6	5.0	2.2	1.1.3	1.5.12	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	Out of the box	Out of the box	Out of the box
Codebase	PHP, MySQL	PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL		PHP, MySQL	ASP.NET 3.5 / Microsoft SQL Server	PHP, MySQL	PHP, MySQL	PHP, MySQL	PHP, MySQL	VSP/VSPX
SSO support	Yahoo Flickr ID, OpenID , VardSpace (under dev)	LDAP built in, OpenID by plugin	No	Yes – OpenID, module	Yes – OpenID LDAP Active Directory Facebook Cookie Forms	No	Yes – OpenID + LDAP + Active Directory built in	Yes – OpenID, module		Yes – OpenID and Yadis compliant
RSS	Blog	Blog/Files/Groups/users/tags	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
RSS Reader/Aggregator	No	Yes	Simple aggregator from many sites	Module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Access control	Group based	Yes, users and groups (extensible via plugins)	Group based	Yes	Yes	Yes, Users and Groups	Yes, Users and Groups	Yes		Yes, Users and Groups
Wiki	No	Plugin	No	Module	Yes	No	Module	No	No	Yes
Forum	Yes	Yes, via plugin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes, via component	Yes	Yes
Blog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media sharing	"Image, Video, Audio"	"Image, video, audio, documents, any filetype, automatic podcast support" (Kaltura Elgg Plugin)		Module (Kaltura All-in-One Video Module)	Yes	"Image, Video, Audio"	Yes		Yes	Yes
Messaging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Event Calendar	Yes/Personal+Group	Yes, via plugin (Beta)		Module	Module	Yes	Module	Yes, via plugin	Yes	Yes
Social Grouping	Yes	Yes		Module	Yes	Yes	Module	Yes, via plugin	Yes (commercial module)	Yes
Tagging	Yes	Yes		Module	Yes	Yes	Module		No	Yes (SKOS, SCOT and MOAT)
Connectivity	"MySpace, Facebook, Google Service, YouTube, AIM, Flickr"			Yes via third party integration like Octazen scripts	Facebook, Google, Content Mirroring, RSS importer, External Widgets	Yes,YouTube	@all by Module			Facebook, Flickr, Amazon, Ebay, Google, del.icio.us, Web importer, Mash-ups
Bookmark Sharing / Management		Yes, via plugin			Module		@all by Module		Yes	Yes
Poll Generation/Tally					Yes		Module	Yes	Yes
Contact Management					Yes		Module			Yes
Supports the Semantic Web					Yes					Yes, and Linked Data
Supports DataPortability										Yes
Customizable	Under dev.	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	Skinnable, Module Manager	Module + Plugins + ImpressCMS Persitable Framework(IPF)			Open Source, Skinnable, and more
Comment	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	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.
Category	PeopleAggregator	ELGG	Mugshot	Drupal	Telligent Community	iScripts Socialware	ImpressCMS	Joomla!	PHPizabi	ODS