[edit] 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)[clarification needed] | 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 | |
