About

Elgg is an open, flexible social application engine, designed to run at the heart of any socially-aware application. Building on Elgg is easy, and because the engine handles common web application and social functionality for you, you can concentrate on developing your idea.

Elgg is open source. That means, when you use Elgg, you have the benefit of being part of a large developer community, with the security and stability that hundreds of eyes can provide. It's also headed and used by Curverider and its partners, so you can be assured that it's in commercial use and will cope with the demands of a popular application. read more...

It runs on Apache, PHP and MySQL - the same open source platform that the majority of web applications are written in. Elgg is compatible with enterprise technologies like the Zend Platform and any server environment that can run the Apache web server.

We believe in an open, distributed, social web. As a result, Elgg supports technologies like OpenDD, OpenID and OpenSocial, and we are directly involved in community efforts to push the envelope when it comes to data portability, federation and the user experience. Elgg is a great way to future-proof your social applications.

Elgg was founded by Ben Werdmuller and David Tosh, and has been powering networks since 2004.

People

Lead Developers

Design guru

  • Pete Harris



Contributing Developers

Diego Ramirez

Advisory

To be announced shortly.

Elgg in print

Packt Publishing: Elgg Social Networking

Packt Publishing: Elgg second best Open Source Social Networking CMS

Mashable: Open Source Social Platforms: 10 of the best

.NET Magazine: Build a social network

Mashable: Explode is a New Social Search Engine

Techcrunch: Look out MyBlogLog - Here comes Explode (powered by Elgg)

Wired:Don't Tell Your Parents:Schools Embrace MySpace

Webpronews.com: Elgg - Social Technology Software

IT Manager's Journal

The Guardian: A space on the web that we control

ZDNET: Run your own 'MySpace' with ElggSpaces

NetworkWorld: An Open Source Education

TechLearning: Community 2.0

ReadWriteWeb: Elgg - social software for Education

Some Elgg-powered sites

UnLtdWorld
UnLtdWorld is a social network aimed at connecting social entrepreneurs, social innovators and socially-minded people.

ElggVoices
ElggVoices is an online platform that allows users to create their own simple communication network for a particular niche audience.

Rucku
Rucku is the largest social network dedicated to rugby.

University of Brighton
Community@Brighton is a social networking system for students and staff at the University of Brighton. It was the world's first campus wide social network.

Stop Heathrow Expansion
Greenpeace UK
Site visitors can upload a video from their mobile phone or computer to add their voice to the lobby.