Latest version (v1.5) RELEASED MARCH 09

New features in Elgg v1.5 include a site wide activity river, enhanced blogging, granular notifications, performance enhancements and a new interface.

Download full package
(Tarball)

Hosting

If you are looking for somewhere to host your Elgg powered network, we are putting together a list of providers who have added Elgg hosting to their services.

Elgg documentation

You can check out Elgg's documentation to find out how to build plugins, install Elgg and create new views.

  1. Installing Elgg
  2. Upgrading from v1.x
  3. Technical requirements

Nightly build from SVN
WARNING: do not use this build on a production site as it is not stable. It is intended for developers only.

The Elgg engine

If you are a developer or design company looking to build your own social networking solution, why not check out the Elgg engine (Tarball). It provides a great starting point for those wanting to construct their own social platform.

Elgg software is licensed under the GPL version 2 from the Free Software Foundation. The full license is here.