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Build a multilingual social network with PHP-powered flexibility
OSSN lets you launch a fully featured, multilingual social networking site with user profiles, groups, live chat, photo albums, and admin dashboard—all powered by PHP and extensible components.
OSSN is a PHP‑based social networking engine designed for communities, clubs, and organizations that want to host their own platform. It offers user registration, profiles, friends, groups, blogs, and a real‑time chat system, all wrapped in a mobile‑responsive interface.
The platform ships with more than 20 language packs, a Progressive Web App, and integrations such as Giphy, emojis, and video embedding. Administrators control the site through a dashboard that includes user analytics, ads management, component configuration, and theme handling. Extensibility is provided via a component system and a WebServices API, allowing developers to add custom pages, menus, or third‑party services.
OSSN can be installed through a web installer, Docker image, pre‑built VM, or Ubuntu apt repository. The target directory must be writable by the web server, and a standard LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP) is recommended. Detailed setup instructions are available on the official website.
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PHP 7.4+ with a web server (Apache recommended), writable directory permissions, and a MySQL/MariaDB database.
Via the web installer, Docker image, pre‑built VM, or Ubuntu apt repository as described in the documentation.
Yes, the platform includes translations for more than 20 languages and allows adding new language packs.
OSSN provides a component architecture, theme system, and a WebServices API for custom modules and integrations.
The UI is mobile‑responsive and includes a Progressive Web App, enabling native‑like experiences on smartphones.
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