Create your own social network

With the rise of Facebook and similar social networks the urge of creating something a bit closer to heart, perhaps an own network just for your wine-club members, or a band that wants a closer connection with its fans – then here is ELGG. A open-source solution for creating and maintaining social networks. With the quick and easy way to setup and configure, this is the ultimate way to create your own network. Of course one could say it has borrowed quite a bit from the old designs of Facebook and such, though it works great. It comes with the possibillity of friends keeping updated on your status updates, your photos and all you would need in a social network. With the help of plugins you can even add personal blogs to your network members or add other features you’d like to offer.

Some features includes:

• Activity listing
• Personal profile pages
• Notifications when there is activity
• Groups
• Advanced file management with embedding support
• The Wire (a Twitter-a-like feature)

The product itself has been available for 3 years now, and I must admit I am a bit surprised that I didn’t see this earlier, but well – better late than never I guess. So if you have been wanting to create the next Facebook, or just an own social network, then download ELGG and start networking today! And yes – open-source does imply that it’s free if you were uncertain.

• Official ELGG webpage
• Download ELGG