Thanks for that update Tom. It's a good point; you have to make sure to check branches and forks for activity before deciding a project is dead.
By the way; CE's edge fork is also now Rails 2.3.5-compatible. Thanks! Bruno On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:28 AM, HeresTomWithTheWeather < [email protected]> wrote: > fyi, insoshi has an active maintainer and is updated for rails 2.3.5. > > a few hints about doing due diligence on projects: > 1. if something is stable and functional, what good is activity? > 2. for github projects, the activity you're looking for is often in > the forks. > > if you consider forks, you will find that insoshi is not "dead in the > water" > > cheers, > tom > > On May 4, 12:43 am, Malcolm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The quick question(longer question with background below): > > > > Which is the best Ruby Open Source Social Networking > > Platform(Community Engine, Lovd by Less, EngineY, Noofero, Inoshi, > > Tog)? And why? Are there any Ruby OS Platforms that I missed? What > > are the differences in the platforms(please explain in a way a newbie > > can understand)? How will these differences affect future development > > of any social network I create? How will these differences affect the > > future development of the OS Social Network Platform itself? Which > > platform will be easier to integrate custom code/modules with? Please > > read longer question for comparison to Elgg, questions regarding it > > and Ruby Platforms, later migration from Elgg to Ruby. > > > > Inoshi (http://github.com/insoshi/insoshi)seemsto be dead in the > > water. This is the project that developed from RailsSpace. You go to > > their website forum and there are no postshttp:// > dogfood.insoshi.com/forums/1 > > > > Engine Y (http://www.enginey.com/)has very little activity in their > > google group: http://groups.google.com/group/enginey/topics > > > > Community Engine (http://www.communityengine.org/) has the biggest > > Google group with 377 members vs 375 for Lovd by Less. This group has > > the most activity on it of all the platforms. > http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine/topics > > > > Lovd By Lesshttp://lovdbyless.com/while having about the same number > > of members as Community Engine, it's google group has half the number > > of messages and recent activity is far less than Community Engine: > http://groups.google.com/group/lovdbyless > > > > Noosfero http://noosfero.org/ Brazilian based yet since I don't read > > Portuguese, I can't determine the size/vibrancy of this communityhttp:// > softwarelivre.org/noosfero > > > > Tog http://www.toghq.com/ Their google group has 118 yet this group > > has been in existence since only Dec 2009 > http://groups.google.com/group/tog_users > > > > The longer question with background: > > > > I am currently evaluating Open Source Social Networking Platforms. > > After much research, my thinking is that Elgg is currently the best > > php or ,for that matter, Open Source Social Networking Platform. > > While a Ruby Platform may allow for more rapid development by skilled > > and beginning programmers, the reasons to choose Elgg are: A more > > vibrant community, continued development, more php programmers exist > > who can assist, feature rich. Yet, the limitations are that it is not > > as future proof as Ruby and will be much more complicated to > > independently develop features/functions and implement design changes > > to a site as design/technology changes. This is the case with any PHP > > based platform vs Ruby. > > > > Yet, platforms have to elavuated based on a variety of factors. This > > will be different for each organization or person. > > > > I want to start a social network based on community activism that has > > the potential of the a subsegment of the community build the site. I > > want this site to be able to easily morph with functions as technology > > changes. If this site does not take off then I want to have developed > > a skillset that is the most marketable and will allow for rapid > > development of different future sites. > > > > My factors: > > > > 1. Will be learning PHP or Ruby from scratch. While I understand > > that comparing PHP to Ruby on Rails is not fair from a theoretical > > stand point as one should compare it to CakePHP, it is fair from a > > practical standpoint as Rails is the defacto standard. From the > > research I have done, IMHO, ROR will be easier to learn, allow for > > more rapid development of custom plug ins and future proofing the > > site, modular design will better allow plug in intergration, learning > > RoR will give a better skillset to be employed with. > > 2. With the above, Elgg provides much more from the get go than any > > of the other PHP or Ruby OS Platforms(Community Engine, Lovd by Less, > > EngineY, Noofero, Inoshi)? Please correct me if you feel this wrong? > > 3. If you had to choose a Ruby Platform over Elgg, which would it > > be and why? > > 4. If you choose Elgg over Ruby Platforms, why? > > 5. Let's say one was to choose Elgg to build a social network. How > > difficult would be to migrate this community into one built upon a RoR > > Platform? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help, > > > > Malcolm > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CommunityEngine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CommunityEngine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. 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