OSSN
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OSSN is an open-source social networking platform written in PHP. It is designed for people or organizations that want to run their own community-focused social website, with features for member...
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Features
- user registration
- user login
- profiles
- friends management
- live chat
- messaging
- wall posts
- groups
- notifications
- admin dashboard
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- Created
- Aug 30, 2014
- Install Methods
- dockerpackage-managersource
- Requirements
- PHPApache/web serverwritable parent directory
- Authentication
- local
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- PHP
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
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