Elgg is open source software that combines a number of social media tools – blogging, wikis, micro-blogging, file upload and sharing, RSS feeds, social bookmarking and social networking – for personal and group use- all on one platform.
| Website: | www.elgg.org |
| Cost: | Free – Open source |
| Availability: | Download – Windows, Mac OS, Linux |
| Top 100 Tools 2012: | - |
| Top 100 Tools 2011: | - |
| Top 100 Tools 2010: | 90= |
| Top 100 Tools 2009: | 53= |
| Top 100 Tools 2008: | - |
| Top 100 Tools 2007: | 40= |
Comments from those who selected Elgg as one of their Top ToolsÂ
- “we have just set up our new collaboration platform using Elgg – cost effective, and I’m getting addicted to it – we are using it for networking, blogging, bookmarking” Stephanie Horden
- “We started experimenting with Elgg last december. It looks very promising as a network of personal learning environments but we had some issues. We expect to continue as soon as version 1.5 comes available.” Herman Post
- “blog, private communications, group forums” Pat Parslow
