Best Software to Create a Social Networking Community with CMS

You don’t have to be a web developer / programmer to be able to start up your own unique social networking community or other community site. There are a lot of open source and low cost  content management systems out there and we have outlined them here.


1024 - (free) 1024 is a PHP, MySQL based Content Management System. 1024 is one of a few CMS’s leading the way with the implementation of the AJAX technology into all its areas. This includes dynamic adminstration and user interaction. 1024 offers you to ability to set up your own community forums, download area, news posts, member management and more. What your site does is up to you, you can control whats in and whats out. From the web based installation to setting up your web site moderators, the 1024 system will be able to cater for all your needs.


Affinity Circles - (No price listed) Today more than 125 organizations, including alumni and student groups, fraternities, professional associations and sports teams, have selected Affinity Circles’ social networking platform to enable their members to build and maintain personal and professional connections in a dynamic, trusted online community.


AIOCP - (free) AIOCP is a professional all in one solution to completely manage a website through a userfriendly web-interface. AIOCP can be also used as a platform for building powerful internet solutions, ranging from e-commerce, portals, websites and intranets.


Altrasoft E-Friends - ($280) If you have use Friendster and MySpace before, then you should know how our system works. Once members are registered with E-Friends, they will be able invite people they know to join their personal or professional network. A member’s friends will come to E-Friends and invite their friends. As the network grows, members will have more opportunities to interact easily with people they know, make friends, and use the E-Friends network to enrich their social life.


BCOOS - (free) I don’t know anything about this CMS. Comment below if you know something about BCOOS CMS software.


BitWeaver - (free) Bitweaver is an open source content management system. Its speed and power are ideal for large-scale community websites and corporate applications, but it is simple enough for non-technical small site users to set up and administrate. It comes fully featured on install but is easy to extend. Out of the box Bitweaver comes with a full set of features you want in a CMS, such as: Articles, Wiki Pages, Blogs, Categories, Image Galleries, Calendar, User Management, Choice of Database, Languages, Theming, Comments, etc, etc.


Blogtronix - (30 day free demo, no pricing listed) BlogtronixEnterprise is the first service to offer secure Enterprise 2.0 blogs with wikis, RSS, document management, CMS, communities and corporate social networking built on the Microsoft .NET 2.0 architecture. Included are an innovate “group based network,” hosted RSS feeds, a wiki, corporate social networking,user rights management, video and audioblogging, flash support, and a variety of administrative tools such as analytics and corporate compliance engine to monitor content.


CMS Made Simple - (free) CMS Made Simple provides a fast and easy way to create a web site and manage its contents. Use it to make a home page for your family — or your multinational corporation. Features include Search, WYSIWYG, Polls, Picture Album, News, Blog, Newsletter, Calendar, File uploading, Secured content, Forms, User Management, Guestbook, Google sitemap.


Collective - (free/hosted platform) Create a free private or public Groupsite for sharing and keeping your group connected. Or join a public group that interests you.


Content Now - (free) Design and content (texts, pictures, documents) are administered separated from each other. The working environment is very similar to a simple text processing. The system operates intuitively. Almost everything can be configured through the backend of contentnow: site design, content, metatags …. You can also customize the backend view of contentnow. I don’t know much about this CMS…please let me know if you have any more information about this open source software.


Converdge - (no pricing listed) ConVerdge is a social media, networking and community building specialist. We help clients around the globe take advantage of the shifting consumer preference to connect, communicate and share content online. We have created a superior platform that enables us to white-label our turnkey hosted community solution for portals that want to quickly establish themselves with the best of web 2.0 technologies. With Converdge, we empower both large organizations and small businesses to customize, personalize, target, distribute and monetize their brand by delivering a robust, scalable and reliable solution.


CrowdVine - (free / hosted platform) CrowdVine is a free social networking site that lets anyone create and customize a social network for their organization, event, or alumni group.


Crowd Factory - (ask for consultation) Make vibrant communities with Crowd Factory, a powerful platform that allows you to create a social network site similar to MySpace. The experience and look are completely customizable, allowing your design team to reskin Crowd Factory with your brand identity and launch the site in days. The service includes features a community needs, from user profiles, galleries, blogs and even ad serving. The service is offered on a hosted basis, and can be deployed quickly and easily at a fraction of the cost of developing software in-house.


Dolphin - (free) YouTube, MySpace, Odeo, Flickr, Match and Facebook - all in one, customizable and under your full control. You’re limited only by your imagination - not by software. Dolphin Smart Community Builder is a universal, free, open source software that allows you to build any kind of online community. With a huge variety of features & options, you can quickly develop your very unique and successful website.


DragonFly CMS - (free) DragonflyCMS is a powerful, feature-rich, Open Source content management system which was based on PHP-Nuke 6.5 in the early “CPG-Nuke CMS” days. Subsequent development of DragonflyCMS has paid close attention to security, efficiency and reliability. The release of Dragonfly marked yet another exciting milestone in our history.


DrBenHur - (free) The DBHcms is a small free Open Source content management system for personal and small business websites. It is search engine optimized, also for multiple languages simultaneously by allowing the search engine bot to index every single page in each language and avoding content cloning. DBHcms is 100% flexible but also simple and easy to use thanks to an integrated WYSIWYG editor, multiple language support and layout templates!


Drupal - (free) An open source content management platform equipped with a powerful blend of features. Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. Drupal is a modular formatted software which means that there is a base software and then you can upload free modules depending on what you need. Warning…if you want to use this software, allow yourself a lot of time to figure it out as there is a learning curve to Drupal.


DZOIC Handshakes - ($349) Are you looking for an ideal software solution so you can start your own social networking portal? Here is a great one. Features include a Polls Module, a Bulletins Module, a Photo Albums Module, Extended Mail Settings, Videos, RSS Support, a Blogs Module, an Address Book Importer, an eCard module, and much more.


e107 - (free) e107 is a content management system written in PHP and using the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage. It’s completely free, totally customisable and in constant development.


Easy Portal - (free) I don’t know much about this CMS software. I read that it is a portal type CMS open source software, please contribute to information about this software if you have tried it. Thank you.


Elgg - (free) Elgg is an open source social platform based around choice, flexibility and openness: a system that firmly places individuals at the centre of their activities. Your users have the freedom to incorporate all their favorite tools within one environment and showcase their content with as many or as few people as they choose, all within a social networking site that you control.


Elxis - (free) This Content management system is Open Source software that is compatible with Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. It is a User Friendly CMS, embeded powerful WYSIWYG Editor with content organized in to sections, categories, content items and autonomous pages. Some other features include multimedia management, Include video in your content, Creates as many menus as you like, support for drop down menus, Graphic menus, Content publish scheduling, Web site preview, Send articles through email, Print articles, Create PDF files from articles, Access manager, Content display based on access level, Custom and prebuild user groups, Group administration, Custom fields, Form builder, and more.


Etomite - (free) Etomite is completely different in many ways - it allows the end user to control virtually every aspect of their website, whether it be from layout to how the Meta Tags are generated, making it the number one SEO CMS. If you are running Apache, and your host allows the use of .htaccess files, then Etomite becomes even more SEO Friendly (Search Engine Optimized), by allowing what we would call friendly urls - no more question marks in the URL (Universal Resource Locater), but virtual page names.


Exponent CMS - (free) Unlike other site management tools, no additional applications need to be downloaded by a user to permit them to use Exponent. Everything, from user management, to site configuration, to content editing (and content approval for large, multi-admin sites), is done within the system - simply. Exponent does what other CMS systems do - it allows anyone to create website pages, content on pages, and manage where these pages are placed on a website - but it does all this in a completely new way.


EXV2 - (free) A content management system that is in German. Even when you change to the English version it appears as if everything stays in German.


EZ Publish - (free for lower software - and up to $10,000 for highest priced software) A Free publishing system but purchasing it can be up to $10,000. No, that is NOT a typo. I am not sure which one is free, you will have to investigate and let me know. The price tag of the higher versions scared me off.


Fundanemt - (free) Fundanemt is an open source CMS that aims at small and medium sized websites. The system is highly focused on usability. The user must be able to interact with his or hers website without no further knowlegde than that of the average desktop user. Fundanemt should bring the user beyond technology so that the prime focus becomes communication and content rather than technical issues.


FuzzLime - (free) FuzzyLime (cms) was known as PHP-Update from v1.0 to v2.7. During this time, the script was featured in two UK-based internet magazines - as the .net reader’s site of the month, and on the cover CD of Practical Web Projects. Among the features of the script are support for as many content pages as you want; blogs, which can have files attached to turn them into podcasts, or video clips easily embedded; multiple templates, as well as the ability to easily create your own look; guestbooks, galleries, mailing lists and polls. You can have as many users allowed to update your site as you wish; can offer up RSS feeds so users can subscribe to parts of your site; and the site even automatically maintains a WAP version so people can view your pages on the move via their phones.


GeekLog - (free) Geeklog is a PHP/MySQL based application for managing dynamic web content. “Out of the box”, it is a blog engine, or a CMS with support for comments, trackbacks, multiple syndication formats, spam protection, and all the other vital features of such a system. The core Geeklog distribution can easily be extended by the many community developed plugins to radically alter its functionality. Available plugins include forums, image galleries, and many more.


GoingOn - (free / hosted platform) A weblog publishing and community management platform for the Open Media World. Organizations of all sizes can use GoingOn to build interactive communities around their most important initiatives and benefit from the open and compatible “network of networks” environment. GoingOn Networks allows companies to: . Set-up your own brand network within minutes and build an interactive community around your initiatives and ideas . Easy-to-use weblog publishing system that incorporates the latest blogging, search, tagging, and feeds. . Powerful community management system with full-access controls . Real-time access to full range of network traffic, member, and content data & analytics . Fully hosted, scalable and secure platform.


GoLightly - ($295) An easy-to-use, affordable online platform and consulting services give your organization powerful tools to manage your members, and provide a rich web experience for them to work together and participate in your programs. Includes: Community Home Page (easy to update), Searchable Member Directory, Unlimited Groups, Unlimited Email Lists, Resource Library, all with your Branding


GoLightly Plus - ($350) An easy-to-use, affordable online platform and consulting services give your organization powerful tools to manage your members, and provide a rich web experience for them to work together and participate in your programs. Includes: Community Plus (see pricing below) All the Community features above plus: Accept Secure Donations Online, Forums/Bulletin Boards, Unlimited Blogs, Unlimited Wikis, Training plus Email Support


iGaming CMS - (free) iGaming CMS is a content management system designed for gaming websites. The system is written in PHP and requires a Mysql database for operation. Feature List includes Cheat Manager, Company Manager, Content Download System, Custom Fields, Download Manager, Game Manager, Mailbag, News Manager, Plugin Manager, Poll Manager, Preview Manager, Review Manager, Screenshot Manager, Static Page Manager, User Manager, Template Editor, Menu Manager, Module Manager, Diagnostic Tools, Database 
Tools, and Backup / Restore Utilities.


Insane Visions - (free) Insane Visions is your source for the best PHP Scripts on the internet. From OneCMS, a gaming CMS that started it all to almost 2 years later to BlogPHP, a simple blog script,amassing nearly 20,000 downloads together and now with our two new Premium paid scripts, AdaptBB and AdaptCMS. We strive to simply provide great products and great support to make webmastering an easier and fun experience.


Intro Networks - (contact them for pricing) introNetworks Inc. provides hosted and customized solutions for corporations, organizations, event planners, trade associations, and publishers. Create an innovative online community for a product launch, a user group, an annual sales meeting, a global all-hands, or a special event to bring together customers and employees. The possibilities are limitless!


Jaws Projects - (free) Jaws is a Framework and Content Management System for building dynamic web sites. It aims to be User Friendly giving ease of use and lots of ways to customize web sites, but at the same time is Developer Friendly, it offers a simple and powerful framework to hack your own modules.


Joomla - (free) Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is freely available to everybody. The advantage of Joomla is that it is much easier to use than Drupal, however, Drupal is more advanced. Joomla includes Dynamic form builders, Business or organizational directories, Document management, image and multimedia galleries, E-commerce and shopping cart engines, Forums and chat software, Calendars, Blogging software, Directory services, Email newsletters, Data collection and reporting tools, Banner advertising systems, Subscription services, and many, many more…


Jupiter Portal - (free) Jupiter is one of the most lightweight portal systems available and it`s open source, so anyone can contribute towards it.


KickApps - (free, but on a hosted platform / Affiliate Program) KickApps is a hosted platform that allows webmasters to quickly and easily deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. Our company provides a “white label” solution, with all elements precisely matching a website’s existing look and feel. The KickApps platform is highly customizable, scalable and enterprise-quality. Features include Biography and personal questions. As defined by your webmaster, Videos, Photos and Audio. Upload, share, tag, and save favorites, Blogs. Video, audio, or plain text, RSS feeds. Your feeds and new ones added by your members, Guest books. Members can leave and receive messages, and Friends. Link to other community members, invite others to join


Kwiqq Social Website Builder - (contact them for pricing) Kwiqq is a social networking system designed for rapid deployment, simple setup and easy extensibility. Each installation is fully customisable and skinable. Within each site, each member can build a multi-page portfolio with a flexible layout without any knowledge of HTML. Users can choose a range of tools with which to populate their website. Kwiqq is usable on PDAs, mobiles and is W3C compliant. As part of our service, we will customise your social network to precisely match your users requirements.


Leverage Software - ($299 / month) The Leverage Software platform empowers you to create online communities for your customers, visitors to your online media properties, partners, members, consumers, or event attendees. Leverage Software has the experience and best practices to ensure your success.


Lithium - (contact for pricing) Lithium Technologies provides market-leading solutions for building successful enterprise communities, including proven forums, chat, and other social networking tools. Providing our solutions on-demand ensures that your community is flush with new features to engage your members, with minimal impact on your IT group. And it’s all backed by extensive community management and moderation expertise. What’s in it for you? Decreased support costs, increased brand loyalty and sales, and an improved overall experience for your customers.


LiveWorld - (Contact for pricing) Well-defined and implemented technology and infrastructure support community dynamics. Easy-to-use features empower members to express themselves and interact with each other. Administration and moderation tools enable trained moderators to manage the community, shaping and reinforcing the culture. Reporting and analysis processes and systems reveal what’s happening, how much, and what it means—factors critical to community management, as well as to business feedback and metrics.


Mambo - (free) The Mambo CMS allows you to easily create a dynamic web site . At its most simple, it can be installed through Fantastico on any web hosting space that offers cPanel hosting and you can quickly have a web site online with a minimum of effort and almost no programming or HTML skills. Don’t let this simplicity fool you though - Mambo is feature rich, highly extensible, and very powerful. Mambo is used for everything from simple, single-page web sites to portals, intranets, and complex corporate application.


MaxDev - (free) A CMS is an application that provides for the display and management of the contents of a web site. MD-Pro carries this many steps farther by making this management simple yet powerful. Your MD-Pro powered web site can be updated in seconds without any knowledge of programming or HTML. MD-Pro can be configured to allow your site users to send news, comment on existing news, vote in polls, administer their own account via a simple graphical interface and much mmore.


Me.com - (free / hosted platform) We enables social networking application platform known as SNAPP that includes more than 40 integrated social networking features, which we have developed over the past few years. SNAPP even provides everything that you need to make money with your community through automated contextual advertising. In fact, we share 50 cents of every ad dollar your community generates, which is kind of nutty of us, but reflects our recognition of your importance to our success.


ModX CMS - (free) MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores. MODx is 100% buzzword compliant, and makes child’s play of building content managed sites with validating, accessible CSS layouts – hence Ajax CMS. MODx makes creating sites that search engines can love almost automatic. What you put in it and however you want it to look is what you get out of MODx.


MiPhoto - ($99 - $139) MiPhoto is a fully functional website where members can rate and meet other people. Members can see other member’s profile, private message or email other member. MiPhoto Pro can easily be used as a dating website with the aid of the payment system and customized profile fields.


Neighborhood America - (call for pricing) A very advanced social networking cms software that takes a few weeks to implement.


Netious - (free) Here you can find and download scripts of a CMS-based web page. It is not just a template. It is actually a service which you can build from scratch not knowing that the source code even exists! And it’s absolutely free!


Ning - (free / hosted platform) Not really software but a free service online for people to create their own social networks. Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds.


Omnifuse - (contact for pricing) Omnifuse is a social technology marketing company focused on improving the ways marketers reach consumers and business professionals by building social communities. Omnifuse specializes in the rapid creation and adoption of online social networks using its propriety FUSION platform. FUSION combines social networking software with consumer-generated media technology to provide a marketing and community-building tool for brands, organizations and other verticals


OneSite - (free / hosted platform) Blogging, Photo and Video sharing, Tagging, Rating, Flagging, Commenting, Built-in Messaging, and Groups built on patent-pending technology. The ONEsite team has the talent and experience to integrate with any system and the capability to launch a community faster than any company in the marketplace.


Ovidentia - (free) Ovidentia is an open source content management and collaborative platform written with PHP and using a MySQL database. Ovidentia enables you to integrate simply and easily an environment for publishing content on the world wide web or a groupware portal (internet, intranet, extranet) for your company, organization, community …


People Aggregator - (free / hosted platform) PeopleAggregator brings social web features to existing software or provides a stand alone social network of your own. We’ve got source code available or we can build you a SaaS system to your specifications! Latest features, great service, nice people!


Pheap - (free) Pheap was created because Spencer believes massive CMSs like Joomla and Drupal are a vast overkill for 80% of website owners. New features allow you to manage content in a database as well. For instance, if you keep a callender of events stored in a database table, you can easily set up a rule that allows you to add, edit and delete those events. All from the comfort of the Pheap admin panel!


PHPFpx - ($300 or $39.95/month) A CMS software that includes blogs, search, browse, forum, rate, battle, poll, groups, classifieds, quiz, events, chat, and im.


PHP Fusion - (free) PHP Fusion is a light-weight open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP. It utilises a mySQL database to store your site content and includes a simple, comprehensive adminstration system. PHP-Fusion includes the most common features you would expect to see in many other CMS packages. Feel free to post any questions or report any problems in our community forums.


PHP Nuke - (free) PHP-Nuke is a news automated system specially designed to be used in Intranets and Internet. The Administrator has total control of his web site, registered users, and he will have in the hand a powerful assembly of tools to maintain an active and 100% interactive web site using databases. There are many similar programs and projects like Slash, PHPweblog, PHPSlash, Thatware, Sips, NewsPro, etc, but PHP-Nuke is designed to be very customizable and flexible, is easy and pleasant to use, thinking about webmasters who pass hours administrating his web site. PHP-Nuke also offers a very high number of features not present on other systems and on each release we’ll add much more new and cool features.


PHPCMS - (free) phpwcms is an Open Source web content management system released under the GNU General Public License. You can use it for free. phpwcms is optimized for fast and easy setup and works on any standard web server platform that supports PHP/MySQL and was tested successfully on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OS X and LINUX. phpwcms is perfect for professional, public and private users. It is very easy to learn and gives you the flexibility to separate layout and content. Lots of powerful but simple implemented features assists publishers and web developers too.


PHPizabi - (free) PHPizabi is one of the most powerful social networking platforms on the planet. With literally thousands of websites powered by PHPizabi including everything from simple friends sites to the most complex networking super sites out there. Easy to install, use, and raising the bar on what it is to provide a reliable, fast, social networking package to raise your business to the next level.


PHP Web Site - (free) phpWebSite provides a complete web site content management system. Web-based administration allows for easy maintenance of interactive, community-driven web sites. phpWebSite’s growing number of modules allow for easy site customization without the need for unwanted or unused features. Client output from phpWebSite is valid XHTML 1.0 and meets the W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative requirements.


Pligg - (free) A great cms software that is similar to digg.com. This software has come a long way in the last few years…I remember when I tried using it when it first came out and it wasn’t half the software that it is today. One of the most positive aspects of this software is that there is a huge community of supporters. If you ask a question in their support forum, you will get a response almost immediately. I recommend this software.


Pluck - (contact for pricing) SiteLife Social Media suite generates user content via blogs, photos, comments, ratings and discussion groups to build site traffic & user loyalty.


Plume Content Management - (free) If you are looking for a simple to use, yet powerfull content management system, you may have found what you are looking for. Plume CMS can be installed through a simple script on all major platforms available, give it a try ! It is so fast to install that you will ask all the scripts to have the same installation procedure. With a single installation of PLUME CMS you can have multiple websites, file management, multiple authors with different rights and websites in any languages thanks to a full utf-8 support. Plume CMS proposes a flexible plugin infrastructure to extend it and is fully accessible with output providing standard compliant code by default.


PostNuke CMS - (free) Need a robust, interactive, editable website? PostNuke is your answer, you can have your site up and running within minutes of download! Features include: Modular Structure, Customized Functionality through, Third-Party Modules, Advanced User Group Permissions System, Multi-language Support (About 36 Language Packs Available), Embedded WYSIWYG HTML Editor, Site Search, Advanced API (Application Programming Interface), Focused on High Level of Security, and an Easy-to-Use Guided Browser Based Installation and more!


Pringo - (contact for pricing) Pringo Networks offers a complete social networking and media sharing platform allowing your company to effectively build an integrated online community around your existing user base. Pringo Networks provides the power and flexibility of state-of-the-art social network solution on your site. With features surpassing the leading popular networks, Pringo technology can offer you and your audience the same functionality as MySpace, YouTube, Tribe.net, Bebo.com and then some!


Prospero - (contact for pricing) Create a social network with the most interactive applications… Message BoardsMore Info, Blogs, Profiles & Social Networking, Ratings & Reviews, Real-Time Chat, Live Event Chat, and more.


Run CMS - (free) RunCMS is a comprehensive content management system (CMS) where ease of use, speed, & flexibility are the main development keypoints. RunCMS is a CMS coming from the cores of E-Xoops. E-Xoops 1.05r3 was the last version with the E-Xoops name.


Select Minds - (contact for pricing) Content Management – posting, editing, refreshing content such as news, jobs and polls


SilverStripe - (free) Content management the way it is supposed to be. Features include Simple. Intuitive and user-friendly, Flexible. MVC framework, Scalable. From 1 page to a million, Fast. As responsive as a desktop app thanks to native Ajax support, Standards Compliant. Fully XHTML compliant, Modular. Easy to extend, Template Freedom. No restrictions on the look and feel of your site, Open source. It’s free in every sense of the word! (BSD), Cross platform (Windows/Linux/Mac) and easy to install (PHP based), etc.


Small World Labs - (contact for pricing) Small World Labs Platform is designed to provide a base foundation for businesses and organizations looking to grow or establish a community. This foundation includes core features such as friends, forums, private email, photo gallery, video gallery and profile based participation. Online social networks can add additional interactive functionality to the existing website of a membership organization, association, club, team, university, church, or school. If you don’t already have a website, the Small World Labs Platform can also stand alone as your online presence.


Social Platform - (contact for pricing) Social Platform Enterprise includes many features such as message boards, media galleries, and polls to enable you to develop deep ties across your user base.


Sparta Social Networks - (multiple fees including setup and monthly fees) Sparta is fully customizable social network software that out of the box lets you compete head to head with the biggest social networks today. Whether you’re targeting a vertical business market, a niche community, a private institution or any other variation, Sparta gives you the tools to compete and succeed against the best of them. You will not find more robust, feature rich, flexible social network software anywhere.


Spip - (free) SPIP is a publishing system developed by the minirézo to manage the site uZine. We provide it to anyone as a free software under GPL license. Therefore, you can use it freely for your own site, be it personnal, co-operative, institutional or commercial. This site contains the official documentation. In addition you will find links to mailing lists and sites where Spip users provide help to one another.


Telligent Community Server 2007 - ($99 and up) From a cost point of view, adding Community Server is the most effective and low cost way to increase the traffic to your site. Sources such as Google ads work great for driving in interested customers, but social networking tools can almost guarantee your site’s traffic to increase exponentially.


The Port Social Media Site - (call to find out pricing) Comprehensive social networking, user contributed content and aggregation tools to build robust private label business and consumer online communities.


TikiWiki - (free) TikiWiki (Tiki) is your Groupware/CMS (Content Management System) solution. Tiki has the features you need: Wikis (like Mediawiki), Forums (like phpBB), Blogs (like WordPress), Articles (like Digg), Image Gallery (like Flickr), Map Server (like Google Maps), Link Directory (like DMOZ), Translation and i18n (like Babel Fish) And much more…


Toenda - (free) The toendaCMS Content Management and Weblogging tool gives you a modern, professional publishing system, based on an SQL and/or XML database. With its user-friendly interface toendaCMS is simple and intuitive to use. Making it easy for you to build and maintain your own website without any programming knowledge. It has many good features like a documents and download management and a own imagegallery. But the best thing about toendaCMS is its completely free. toendaCMS is openly available under GPL.


Typo3 - (free) Below is an extensive list of the features TYPO3 has to offer. Some features are built into the system core (Core), while others can be added by installing third-party extensions (Ext) that are freely available in the TYPO3 extension repository. Includes features such as chat, forum, blogs, classifieds, calendars, form management, and more.


TypoLight - (free) TYPOlight webCMS is a powerful web content management system that specializes in accessibility (back end and front end) and uses XHTML and CSS to generate W3C/WAI compliant pages. It was developed by Leo Feyer in 2004 and has been released under the General Public License (GPL).


Village Engine - (contact for pricing) The Village engine is a true social networking site supporting advanced features you will not find in any other software. Strengthen your brand, build customer loyalty or customize your intranet. With any goal in mind the Village engine will easily fit into your business needs.


Web Crossing - ($65/month to $2495/month) Web Crossing helps companies strengthen brands and build relationships. We are the innovative leader in Internet collaboration solutions used by online communities and project teams.


Website Baker - (free) Website Baker is a PHP-based Content Management System (CMS) designed with one goal in mind: to enable its users to produce websites with ease. This Website Baker “Start” website is a resource for people wanting to find out more about Website Baker, and get a “start” with the project and our community.


Web Network by Web Scribble - ($199 plus pay for extra modules) Fully Featured and Customizable Community Software webNetwork™ allows you to start a fully automated social network site similar to MySpace, Friendster, or Tagworld. The fully automated social network software allows you to create an instant community that members can join and participate in. Our community software makes the process of starting your own site site fast and easy. The look of the site can be fully customized to your needs, whether it be a minor change or a completely different design. Take comfort in our company’s strong reputation for great quality and support, knowing that you’ll be in good hands!


Xaraya - (free) Xaraya is a cutting edge open source framework (written in PHP) on which developers can create sophisticated web applications and designers enjoy considerable flexibility. Selected features of Xaraya are Modular design, Stable, extensive API, Fully internationalized, and XML based templating with BlockLayout But you don’t have to take our word for it…


Xoops - (free) OOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more.


YACS - (free) YACS is an open source, open-standards web dynamic system based on PHP and MySQL with a focus on best practices and code quality. The YACS product has a straightforward and modular component architecture that covers most common needs of demanding web masters. By design, YACS makes an efficient usage of computing and networking resources, and it allows for several kinds of extensions.

Friday, March 27, 2009

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