Build your own social network using open-source social network platforms. Control your data and collaborate with your team members & customers effectively.

mooSocial

mooSocial is a “white labeled” Mobile-Friendly Social Networking software. Start your social network right out of the box with mooSocial and customize it anyway you’d like. It is aesthetically built with end user experience in mind. mooSocial is highly configurable and expandable along with the ability to add additional themes and plugins. It is easy to use even for site owners without programing skills.

Features:

• Activity streams
• Emoji
• Tag/mention people
• Report abuse, block user
• Invite friends
• Follow feature
• Inbox (Messages)
• Notifications & Messages
• Social log in (Facebook and Google)
• User Profile
• Newsfeed (share post, post interaction)
• Layout editor (drag and drop)
• Static/html page manager
• Plugins manager
• Country manager
• Language manager and translation tool
• Themes manager
• User roles
• User management
• Spam Challenges
• Profile types and custom fields
• Cron jobs management
• Mail system
• Cache settings
• Storage and CDN
• Menu manegement
• Coupon manager
• Payment Gateway Manager
• Currency System
• Subscription
• Social integration
• System settings

HumHub

HumHub is free social networking software built on the Yii Framework using PHP and JavaScript. This program, which is available for free, offers all the tools required to build your social networking website.

It has a user-friendly interface and is lightweight and powerful. With HumHub, you can build a social network, social intranet, or massive social enterprise application that is specifically tailored to your requirements.

Humhub already had the basic social network functions already built-in but there are no themes that can be used to quickly improve design, and the layout is rather simple. Additionally, there aren’t many add-ons available to use.

Features:

• Secured and private user profile
• Activity Stream
• Powerful dashboard
• Social tools like a post, likes, comments, follow, etc…
• Emoticons and much more

Jcow

Jcow is what you need to create a diverse social networking platform for business and personal use without being bankrupt. This free and open-source social network software is capable to handle high traffic and can do deep Google map integration.

Features:

• Multiple Languages
• Roles&Permission control
• Google Map integrated
• SMTP supportAnti-SPAM
• Dynamic Cache
• Inline Ads
• News Feed
• Wiki
• Blogs
• Images
• Videos
• Events
• Musics
• Fan Pages
• User Groups
• Forums
• Questions

BuddyPress

Using BuddyPress to build a social networking website is incredibly simple. BuddyPress gives you the ability to use WordPress to build your social media website. There are many themes available for WordPress that can be used to fine tune social network website.

BuddyPress is based on PHP and customizable without coding knowledge. It is a fully CMS platform and free open-source. BuddyPress is developed for site builders and developers. This is easy to integrate, easy to use, and powerful.

BuddyPress is a robust software, comes with built-in support for Akismet and bbPress. It is also available in multiple languages. This plugin helps keep your users engaged and active

Features:

• Can add custom profile fields
• Extensible Groups and members
• Activity streams
• Private messaging
• Site Tracking
• Integrated and smart notification
• Security and support
• Creates a platform for discussion
• Can build micro-community