Oxwall
 | |
| Developer(s) | Oxwall Foundation |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 14, 2011 (1.0)[1] |
| Stable release |
1.9.1 (October 27, 2023) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type |
Social networking software, Personal information management software |
| License(s) | Common Public Attribution License |
| Website | Oxwall.org |
Oxwall is a free open-source social networking software platform. The strength of the platform is strongly based on plugins, which act as "complete units of functionality."[2]
Product history
In early 2009 Oxwall began life as OpenWack, an open-source project started by software developer Skalfa eCommerce.[3] It was mostly an empty framework at the time of introduction, and significant alpha and beta development followed. On July 24, 2010, the OpenWack team announced in unclear terms that a potential threat to the project came in the form of a name dispute, prompting the team to rename the project to "Oxwall."[4] After more betas and release candidates, version 1.0 of Oxwall finally arrived on January 14, 2011.[1] On April 6, the development team announced that with the release of version 1.1 of Oxwall, the project would be transferred from Skalfa to a new entity, the Oxwall Foundation, in effect granting intellectual rights and the Oxwall trademark in the process.[5]
Features
The extended features of Oxwall are essentially defined by the plugins added to the architecture. As Oxwall is essentially a platform for further plugins or modules, extended features may vary. However, some of the base features of Oxwall include[2]:
- photo and video sharing
- blog, forum, and wiki support
- group, event, and friend management
- comment, tag, and rating management
- privacy and profile customization
- collaboration tools
Hardware/software requirements
There are several installation methods for Oxwall. For manual installation, server host requirements for Oxwall include:
- Apache 2 or higher (with mod_rewrite module)
- PHP 5.2.6 or higher (with specific modules and settings)
- MySQL 5.0 or higher
- GD Library 2 with FreeType support
- a mail server
- Cron
Consult the installation guide for the fine details.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
- Screenshots of Oxwall can be found on Softaculous.
- A demo of Oxwall is available on the site.
Entities using Oxwall
Further reading
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sarnogoev, Emil (14 January 2011). "Oxwall 1.0 stable + plugin updates!". Oxwall Foundation. http://blog.oxwall.org/tag/1-0. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oxwall Software". Oxwall Foundation. http://www.oxwall.org/index. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "OpenWack - Open Source Community Software". Skalfa eCommerce. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090215222630/http://www.openwack.org/. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ Sarnogoev, Emil (24 July 2010). "OpenWack is now Oxwall!". Skalfa eCommerce. Archived from the original on 06 August 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100806031226/http://www.openwack.org/blog/2010/07. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ Sarnogoev, Emil (6 April 2011). "Oxwall Foundation". Oxwall Foundation. http://blog.oxwall.org/2011/04/oxwall-foundation. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
