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Comparison of Distributed Social Network Applications

This is a list comparing a number of distributed social network applications.

Project Name	Features	License	Protocols	Privacy Support	Federation (with other applications or services)	Version/Maturity
6d	Blog, media library, addressbook, themeable, private messaging	MIT	HTTP + REST	Addressbook to send posts to either individuals or groups.	not yet	alpha
Ampify	Trust-based search,	Public Domain	HTTPS, Ampify Messaging Protocol	Yes. Provides fine grained privacy control through object capability security and transport layer encryption.	Yes. Provides an application framework similar to Google App Engine. And a web-hook style sensor network for easy integration with other platforms.	development
Appleseed	User: Photos, Journals(+RSS), Messaging, Groups, Privacy controls, Friend "Circles", Status Updates, Newsfeeds Internal: Component-based MVC, i18n, Theming. Admin: Node Control, Access Control, One-Click Upgrades	GPLv2	QuickSocial	Yes, friend circles used to categorize friends and restrict/allow access	Internally, others easily added (plugin architecture)	beta, in use
buddycloud	location, messaging, photo/video sharing	Apache2.0	XMPP OStatus	Yes	in development?
Crabgrass	focus on collaboration within and between groups. Wikis, task lists, asset management, photo galleries, decision making. Primary emphasis is on privacy.	AGPLv3	none?	Simple permissions	no	active use
Diaspora	microblogging photo sharing 'aspects'- friend management	AGPL3.0		Roadmap	Roadmap: 'Near Future': 'Services Integration'	pre-alpha
Duuit!	search engine, microblogging, status, email, photos, videos, blogs, webpages, XMPP chat, video chat, collaborative drawing, office document, presentation and spreadsheet creation and editing, feed reader, profiles, files, games, gifts, groups, mood, privacy controls, customizable interface, opensimulator 3d environment (alpha testers only)	GPLv2	FOAF, XMPP, opensocial, OAuth push/pull, OStatus (next release), scrobbling, RSS/Atom, opendd, PubSubHubbub, email, and irc	excellent, acl, granular, profile, avatar, content	XMPP, OStatus in testing- due in next release	beta, in use
Friend2Friend	Strong encryption, XML for all data exchange, Data is digitally signed	LGPL		Connect to known individuals.		alpha
Friendika	Rich profiles, networking groups (similar to Diaspora aspects), community/group/celebrity pages, richtext status (not specifically length limited), photo albums, youtube share, location, like/dislike, multiple profiles w/assignment to specific friends, single sign on to post directly to friend's profiles on co-operating systems. Communications encryption. Fans and one-way relationships. Local and global directory services. Ability to restrict connection endpoints for corporate and EDU (primarily k-12) or other environments requiring extreme privacy.	BSD	OStatus (Webfinger/lrdd, Atom, activitystrea.ms, salmon, PubSubHubbub), OpenID, dfrn, rino	yes - extensive	yes	stable/production
GNU Social		AGPLv3	OStatus		yes
Jappix	XMPP client + Microblogging	AGPL	XMPP	excellent: based on presence authorizations		production
Knowee	OpenID Signup Activity Stream import and export Contact import from Web 2.0 services via XFN and FOAF Automatically updated address book from remote data sources Consolidated profile with RDF/FOAF export Personal SPARQL API	W3C	OpenID, FOAF			alpha
Kopal	OpenID Core, Multiple profiles	MIT	OpenID Kopal Feed Kopal Connect			alpha
Lorea	Profiles, microblogging, streams, groups, plugins, group mailing lists, tasks, calendar, subgroups, tagclouds	GPL	OpenID, activitystrea.ms, PubSubHubbub, FOAF+ssl working on: OStatus (60% production), XMPP/psyc (50% development), rdf+sparql (10% development)	excellent		production
Movim	XMPP client + Microblogging	AGPLv3	XMPP			development
Mr. Privacy			SMTP IMAP	yes	yes
Noosfero	Social Networking (tree entities: persons, communities and organizations) CMS: folders, articles, RSS, image and file upload. Blog and commentary notifications. e-Portfolio (individuals & groups) Sharing Interests Thematic Discussion Events Agenda Services and Products Display Window tagging, blocks(“widgets”), RSS import, categories, adding custom themes, news portal	AGPLv3		Privacy support: Users can put their profiles (or communities) as private and them only their friends (or members) can see it	under consideration?	active use
ObjectCloud	customization, flexible hosting, security, application platform	SimPL 2.0	OpenID, Particle	yes		Alpha, active development
OneSocialWeb	Microblogging	Apache2	XMPP XMPP extensions	yes	yes	Active developer community, features being added...
OpenLink Data Spaces (ODS)	Profile Management, Blogs, Wikis, Address Books, Calendars, Feed Aggregation, Discussion Forums (includes NNTP support), File Servers (WebDAV based Briefcase).	Dual (Comercial and GPL for Open Source Edition)	WebID Protocol, Webfinger, OpenID, OAuth, HTTP, SPARQL, Atom Publishing, PubSubHubbub, Semantic Pingback, OpenSocial, Social Graph API, Portable Contacts.	WebID	Yes	Active use
OpenMicroBlogger	User-toggleable "apps" to add/remove functionality. RSSCloud and partial OStatus (PubSubHubbub) federation as well as Open Microblogging 0.1. Local follow/unfollow. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr integration. (partial) Twitter API support. Fully Restful design, user interface consumes Rest API.	MIT	Open Microblogging 0.1, RSSCloud, (partial) OStatus (PubSubHubbub)	yes	yes	alpha
ownCloud	Cloudstorage and plugins for Photos, Media, RSS and more	AGPLv3	WebDAV, Open Collaboration Services	yes		ver. 1.0
Project Danube	1) Sharing personal data with companies/organizations 2) Sharing personal data with "friends" 3) Use of personal data for "personal applications"	TBD, likely Eclipse or Apache	OStatus, OAuth 2.0, Webfinger, hCard, Portable Contacts, XRI, XDI, PubSubHubbub, Salmon		yes (StatusNet and Cliqset, among others)	development
Project Nori			OStatus, OAuth, Portable Contacts, Webfinger, and other open protocols		yes	early alpha
psyced	profiles chat microblogging	GPLver2 MIT	PSYC, Jabber™/XMPP, IRC, TELNET, HTTP, Applet, SMTP, WAP, XML, RSS
RSSN	private messaging groups		RSSN			concept
SMOB	Microblogging		FOAF		no	production
Socialriver		GPL AGPL	OStatus, OpenID will add support for OAuth	Private Messaging Privacy Controls	yes
Socknet Provider- FoolishMortal.org	profiles, messaging, enables internet content sharing		Socknet, OpenID	no	yes	Beta
StatusNet	microblogging	AGPLv3	OStatus OpenID FOAF	available for sites, planned for accounts and posts	Yes	0.9 (Active use)
Thimbl	microblogging		Finger, SSH		planned for future	development
Weestit			XMPP HTTP OStatus SMTP POP	yes	planned	alpha planned Nov.20 2010