Elgg
Elgg is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Social & Forums category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in PHP. It has 1,676 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 21, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,676
- Forks
- 664
- Open issues
- 47
- Commits, last 12 months
- 439
- Last commit
- Oct 21, 2026
- Latest release
- 7.1.2Oct 21, 2026
- Created
- Sep 6, 2009
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 21, 2026, 439 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 21, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 439 |
| Latest release | 7.1.2 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 175 |
| Open issues | 47 |
| Open pull requests | 1 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Sep 6, 2009 |
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About Elgg
Powerful open source social networking engine.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/Elgg/Elgg.
Topics
- elgg
- php
- social-networking-engine
- framework
- hacktoberfest
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Is Elgg free and open source?
Yes. Elgg is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Elgg with Docker?
Elgg does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Elgg?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Elgg include Mastodon, Discourse and Flarum.
Is Elgg actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Elgg was on Oct 21, 2026 with 439 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 7.1.2, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 47 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.