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Social Networks · Open Source

Create Your Own Social Network

Create an independent social space for friends, customers, followers, members or people who share the same interests — with your own identity, community and purpose.

One concept. Many possibilities.

A social network built around your community

Your own social network can be much more than a place to publish content. People can create profiles, follow each other, share experiences, publish photos and videos, comment and participate in a community with its own identity.

It can become a personal social space, a customer community, a network for fans, a club, an association, a professional community or the social extension of an existing online store.

What could you do with your own network?

Personal Community

Create your own social space and invite friends, family and people you meet to participate in a community with its own identity.

Brands

Give customers and followers a place to meet, publish, interact and stay connected with your brand.

Online Stores

Build a community around your store and use posts to present products, launches and direct links to your existing e-commerce website.

Creators & Artists

Bring followers together around your work and create a space where your audience can participate instead of simply watching.

Clubs & Associations

Create a digital meeting point for members, supporters and people connected by a common activity or interest.

Professional Communities

Connect professionals, customers or partners around an industry, profession, project or shared field of knowledge.

Independent, not isolated

Your community can be part of a wider social world

Federated social platforms can communicate with other compatible communities. Depending on the selected platform and configuration, people can follow and interact across independent networks while each community maintains its own identity and administration.

Choose your platform

Four different ways to build your community

Each open-source platform has its own approach and strengths. The right choice depends on the type of social experience you want to create.

Mastodon

Conversation & Communities

A federated platform centred on posts, followers and conversations. Members can publish text, photos and videos, follow people and participate in discussions.

Potential use: brands, creators, organisations and general social communities.

Friendica

People & Relationships

A feature-rich social platform with posts, conversations, photos, contacts, groups, events and privacy controls.

Potential use: personal networks, clubs and broad social communities.

Hubzilla

Control & Privacy

A community platform with detailed permissions, forums, file sharing, calendars and tools for controlling different levels of access.

Potential use: private communities, clubs, associations and organisations.

Pixelfed

Visual Communities

A visual social platform focused on photography, video, albums and visual storytelling within a federated environment.

Potential use: fashion, lifestyle, photographers, artists, creators and visual brands.

For brands and commerce

Your brand can offer the social network

Instead of being the only source of content, a brand can create the space where its customers meet, publish and interact with each other. The community itself can generate activity every day.

The brand can participate naturally with news, stories, launches, events or occasional product publications, without third-party advertising being inserted into the community by the platform.

For online stores, social posts can include links to existing product pages, turning the community into a complementary relationship and discovery channel while the online store continues to handle the sale.

Elegia Studio Configuration Service

We configure it. You create the community.

Elegia Studio provides installation, initial configuration and customisation services for open-source social platforms. We help you identify the solution that best fits your project and prepare it for use. Hosting, maintenance and additional services can be evaluated according to the requirements of each project.

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