A social networking engine in PHP/MySQL
The main features of elgg/elgg are: Communication and Community, Social Networks, Social Networks and Forums.
Open-source alternatives to elgg/elgg include: humhub/humhub — HumHub is an open-source enterprise social networking framework designed to facilitate internal communication and team… mastodon/mastodon — Mastodon is a self-hosted, decentralized social networking platform that functions as a microblogging application. It… discourse/discourse — Discourse is an open-source forum engine designed to facilitate long-form threaded conversations and community… flarum/flarum — Flarum is a PHP-based community forum software designed for building and managing structured online discussion spaces.… codidact/qpixel — Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software. devrsi0n/chirpy — 💬 A privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate. 注重隐私保护和定制化的评论系统。.
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