10 PHP Scripts to create a Social Network

10 PHP Scripts to create a Social Network

I have been searching for some of the best php scripts (both free and paid ones) to create a social network in my website. The following are some of the nice php scripts, which i believe are instant turnkey solutions to create a social network with your site. The list would really help if you are in a hurry looking to create a social network website with rapid deployment.

 1. Dolphin

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Dolphin is a FREE open source community, social network and dating software. The code is open giving you complete control and freedom to code your own extensions and applications. Dolphin is “all in one” bundle of flash, video and mobile applications.

2. PHP Fox

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PHPFox is a very popular social networking content management (CMS)  script to create powerful social community sites such as facebook and myspace.  It has a friendly web interface layout which can be easily tweaked for your website layout and the source code is available without encryption.   It is commercial and can be purchased for less than 100 bucks.

3. Social Engine

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SocialEngine is a simple feature rich social network script written in PHP. It has nice visual look with a professional interface.  It has custom member profiles, and supports plugins and themes for seamless integration. The source code is 100% unencrypted and giving you complete control of the web application. It is commercial.

4. DZOIC Handshakes

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 Dzoic Handshakes professional is a complete software solution to create your own social network website like facebook, myspace with ease and instant turnkey solution.  It comes with 100% open php code for your custom development. Dzoic supports social bookmarking, video sharing & uploads, forum, classifieds, messaging and much more.   It is COMMERCIAL.

5. PG Community Pro

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Powerful social networking and community software powered by good administration backend. It has plenty of features and add-on tools which comes pre-integrated with the software. It is a COMMERCIAL software.

6. Revou

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Revou is a php driven social micro-bloggin software (twitter clone) comes with 100% source code. It has various integration plugins for updates via web, SMS or instant messaging and friendly API. It is commercial script.

7. Elgg

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Most powerful social networking engine for social applications ideal for schools, universities and business websites. It is FREE software. It is FREE software.

8. Buddypress

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Out of box social networking solution based on WordPress for businesses, schools and other community sites. It is FREE software.

9. MyOwnSpace

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Myownspace is a homemade social network script  similar to facebook and myspace. It is FREE and can be downloaded from sourceforge.

10. Around Me

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A collaborative solution for social networking on the web. Its a free software and it enables you to create multiple groups or community and each group has access to individual social tools such as wall, blog, guestbook, forum, wiki and custom web pages.  People can connect using openID. It is free to download.

11. webNetwork Social Network Script

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Powerful social network sofware which can be easily customized to look and feel design to run a facebook or myspace clone. It is a commercial software. It is commercial.

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Top 5 Free Open Source Social Networking PHP Script

Top 5 Free Open Source Social Networking PHP Script

Building a community is on every webmaster’s mind these days after the release the Social network. Everyone want a Facebook clone for himself, but no one want to code for years to get their own social networking script.

1. Oxwall 

 

Oxwall is quite new to open source arena, but its neat and clean design with jquery make it a great community software. Members can write on other member’s wall, they can send friend request to each other, can interact in forums,can upload photos and videos. The default theme is white with minimal links on any page making it look truly modest.
2. Elgg

Cool social network script written in php and mysql with login option with facebook and twitter. Wirebox feature lets its users to shout whats on their mind, just iike facebook and his friends get updated. It was the best open source cms award in 2007. With almost few years of its inception, elgg have seen thousands of downloads so far.

3. BuddyPress

For those who love wordpress, Buddypress is the ultimate membership script based on wordpress. You can use Buddypress easily with your currently installed wordpress theme.

4. Mahara

Mahara is Linkedin clone script for career social networking. It has all the aspects to build a portfolio based website for members for career based social networking.

5. JomSocial

JomSocial is based on Joomla and is very popular these days for those who want to start their own social network. Having knowledge in Jommla will be advantageous while running the script and is you are not prone to joomla, learn it. Atleast it will be lot more easier than writing 1000 lines of php code.

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