Facebook Alternatives PROJECTS

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1		Address	Code	Free/Open Source	Standards	Stage (%)	Release	Information	Limitations

2	Diaspora	http://www.joindiaspora.com/	RoR?	yes, not released	PuSH	60%	9/1/2010	$10k donated, rudimentary prototype. GPG encryption, scrapes Twitter and Flickr, pretty, primitive federation	untested
3	onesocialweb	http://onesocialweb.org/	Java	yes	XMPP, activitystrea.ms, portablecontacts, OAuth, OpenSocial, FOAF, XRDS, OpenID	100%	4/12/2010	free, open, and decentralized social applications on the web
4	OStatus	http://ostatus.org/	PHP, Drupal, status.net	yes	activitystrea.ms, PuSH, Salmon, Webfinger	90%	3/4/2010	federation, lightweight, from Status.net (Identi.ca/Laconi.ca)
5	Wave	http://www.waveprotocol.org/	Java, Python	yes, partially released	Google Wave protocol. (XMPP + OT)	95%	6/21/2009	real time threaded rich wiki	slow
6	NoseRub	http://noserub.com/	PHP, MySQL	?	OpenID, RSS, FOAF		8/23/2009		stalled
7	Pinax	http://pinaxproject.com/	Python, Django	yes	OpenID, OEmbed	70%		Django with social extensions	generic
8	WordPress	http://wordpress.org/	PHP, MySQL	yes	XFN	100%		tons of plugins and themes	fewer social features
9	Drupal	http://drupal.org/	PHP	yes		100%		CMS	Takes considerable skill to setup social site at the moment. Drupal distros such as http://openatrium.com are changing this. Several Drupal social netowrking distros are in process of being created.
10	Foaf+ssl/webid	http://markmail.org/message/xywxnqp3adqcem5f	none	yes	Atom, FOAF, SSL	10%			Not yet implemented
11	facebook clone	bigthingist `at` gmail	Common Lisp	?	REST	100%	--	profile pages, apps platform, RBAC-based security, rudimentary service API
12	Insoshi	http://github.com/insoshi/insoshi	RoR	yes		100%			stalled
13	BuddyPress	http://www.buddypress.org	PHP	yes		90%		Social network in a box. WordPress fork.
14	Google Buzz	http://buzz.google.com		no	PuSH, Salmon		2010	Google's awkward version of twitter
15	orkut	http://www.orkut.com/	Java	no			2003	Owned by Google, lots of Brazilians
16	tumblr	http://tumblr.com/		no	RSS		2007
17	Twitter	http://twitter.com	RoR, Scala	no			2006
18	Plurk	http://plurk.com	Python?	no	RSS	100%	2008	realtime, images, side scrolling
19	Second Life	http://secondlife.com		no		100%	2003
20	Multiply	http://www.multiply.com		no				strong privacy settings, historically	premium features
21	Orgvolve	http://orgvolve.com/	PHP	no		100%	2010	geared towards entrepreneurs
22	Ning	http://www.ning.com		no		100%	2005	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ning_%28website%29#Features	premium features
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