Build out your social networking vision.

Elgg's open source framework provides the core components you need to start building your own social environment, including:

• Powerful Data Model
  Elgg provides a powerful data model making the creation of different entities simple, yet flexible.
• Activity Streams
  The granular activity stream API ensures your plugins can push the required content to your users.
• Plugin API
  Use Elgg's powerful plugin API to build and add your required features.

• User Management
  Elgg handles your user management and relationship requirements.
• Access controls
  All objects in Elgg can have an access control level applied making granular access permissions possible.
• Web Services API
  Expose functionality through the REST API by building a plugin and then either publish the API for other developers to build clients or provide your own.