Elgg is an award-winning open source social application framework that powers social network communities for various businesses, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. If you are looking to create your own social network website quickly and easily, Elgg is for you. Elgg gives you the benefits of using out-of-the box features and popular social networking tools in a completely customizable environment to fit your individual, commercial, or educational needs. Lightweight and extensible, Elgg allows the deployment of social networks to be efficient, optimizing system performance and reducing development costs.

The easiest way to get your Elgg website up and running is to find an Elgg web host that specializes in Elgg hosting and provides reliable Elgg hosting services. By taking advantage of the Elgg host’s servers, optimized for Elgg and compatible with Elgg software and plug-ins, you will be able to easily build and run the next Facebook-like social network.

This article provides background information on Elgg, the history of Elgg, what you need to run Elgg, and the features offered with Elgg hosting.

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