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This could be a lucrative space, especially in the enterprise. While the field is a bit crowded, I think Insoshi differentiates themselves by providing the sour

This could be a lucrative space, especially in the enterprise. While the field is a bit crowded, I think Insoshi differentiates themselves by providing the source code, and for secure intranets that is a necessity.

ryan 18y ago
Plus, he wrote the book! :)
jsdalton 18y ago
I know of two other open source social networks that also offer their source code: Loved By Less and Buddypress. Here's the problem I have with Insoshi and Loved By Less: They don't seem (as yet) to offer any kind of architecture to modify and extend the code base. If you want to customize, you are altering source code. Contrast this to Wordpress, which has an awesome plugin architecture and an extensive system of hooks to allow for customization, all without touching a line of source. Though I haven't seen BuddyPress source, I am hopeful that it follows Wordpress's suits. It is the ability to customize and extend, coupled with a super powerful and slick admin system, that has made WordPress such a successful venture. That's my opinion at least, from an admittedly cursory review of the source code on these projects.
- mhartl 18y ago
  They don't seem (as yet) to offer any kind of architecture to modify and extend the code base. That's part of the plan. Remember, WordPress wasn't born with plugins and hooks; it grew them. "Release early, release often", right? This is the "early" part. :-)
  - jsdalton 18y ago
    Awesome, go get 'em. I think you'll have some stiff competition from BuddyPress, particularly since they've got a head start on the extensible platform, but I wish you guys the best... it's anybody's game at this point. Ning is really the platform to beat, in my opinion at least.
1gor 18y ago
There is another social network on Rails out there: http://code.google.com/p/railscoders-net/ http://code.google.com/p/railscoders-net/. You can see it in action at http://railscoders.net/ http://railscoders.net/. It is also associated with a book ('Practical Rails Social Networking Sites', published by Apress).

ryan 18y ago

Plus, he wrote the book! :)

jsdalton 18y ago

I know of two other open source social networks that also offer their source code: Loved By Less and Buddypress. Here's the problem I have with Insoshi and Loved By Less: They don't seem (as yet) to offer any kind of architecture to modify and extend the code base. If you want to customize, you are altering source code. Contrast this to Wordpress, which has an awesome plugin architecture and an extensive system of hooks to allow for customization, all without touching a line of source. Though I haven't seen BuddyPress source, I am hopeful that it follows Wordpress's suits. It is the ability to customize and extend, coupled with a super powerful and slick admin system, that has made WordPress such a successful venture. That's my opinion at least, from an admittedly cursory review of the source code on these projects.

mhartl 18y ago
They don't seem (as yet) to offer any kind of architecture to modify and extend the code base. That's part of the plan. Remember, WordPress wasn't born with plugins and hooks; it grew them. "Release early, release often", right? This is the "early" part. :-)
- jsdalton 18y ago
  Awesome, go get 'em. I think you'll have some stiff competition from BuddyPress, particularly since they've got a head start on the extensible platform, but I wish you guys the best... it's anybody's game at this point. Ning is really the platform to beat, in my opinion at least.

1gor 18y ago

There is another social network on Rails out there: http://code.google.com/p/railscoders-net/ http://code.google.com/p/railscoders-net/. You can see it in action at http://railscoders.net/ http://railscoders.net/. It is also associated with a book ('Practical Rails Social Networking Sites', published by Apress).