Opensource Social Networking Software

There are plenty of scripts that can be searched over the internet and these paid and Free / Opensource software can be used to build an average level but one of your own social network website but Only few are most stable, good and easy to use. Here we are going to discuss some top level Open source Social Networking Software’s;
1:	Dolphin – Boonex.
	Dolphin is an open-source scalable, customizable, full-featured, independent and free software package for building social networks, dating sites and niche communities. Dolphin is the only "all-in-one" bundle of PHP community scripts, Flash plugins, Adobe AIR and Mobile apps that provide full control, freedom and flexibility. Launch your site, customize it and watch it grow!
	Demo Dolphin | Download Dolphin
2:	Elgg
	Elgg open source software that is going to capture market after Dolphin. It is a great open source social networking platform. Elgg is powerful yet saleable software for building your own social networking, community and one for news using feeds aggregation and file sharing features. Elgg operates on a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql and Php) environment. The best thing is that, it is easy to install and configure.
	Demo Elgg | Download Elgg
3:	Mahara
	Mahara is not like most other social networking software. Mahara can be used as a platform that allows its users to learning, skills and development to some selected audience. Mahara can be best describing as building of e-Portfolio platform and set up an online learner community. Mahara runs on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql and Php). In Mahara Postgres is preferred over MySql.
	Demo Mahara | Download Mahara
4:	XOOPS with Yogurt extension
	XOOPS, give you option to start as a blog and expand it to include real social networking, forum and much more via the use of some modules as per your requirements and needs. Yogurt with XOOPS together allows you to build a social networking site, You can setup your personal album of pictures, videos from YouTube, mp3 files, add your list of friends, a public wall for messages (scraps), to create communities (tribes) and many more useful features. XOOPS and Yogurt are based on PHP and work well in the LAMP environment.
	Demo XOOPS | Download XOOPS | Download Yogurt
5:	Lovd by Less
	LovdbyLess (Lovd by Less) is among the first and only few open-source social networking platforms built on Ruby on Rails. Some features of Lovd by Less include blogs, photo gallery with captions and site search for friends, activity update and user-to-user messaging. Other things that are built into the software include Flickr and YouTube integration.
	Demo LovdbyLess | Download LovdbyLess
6:	WordPresswith BuddyPress
	WordPress is a most powerfull software over the internet to support you personal and professional blog , News and Website as well. Wordpress has a variety of plugins to integrate with Facebook and other popular social network websites. But Now BuddyPress pugin allows Wordpress users to create an average level Social Network Website.
	Download WrodPress | Download BuddyPress | Demo