We want to help the social world get better. Nobody wants lock-ins and boundaries but everyone wants better social software that helps serve collective needs.
We were surprised to find out that people still strive to find community software that is open source, stable, user-friendly, easy to modify and upgrade, has good performance, wide adoption, and public support.
That's what motivated us to bring up the OpenWack project and here are its main points:
Software of the future must be as disposable and as redistributable as it's possible. Hence the open source license.
OpenWack uses a great deal of minor utilities taken from other open source software frameworks. We welcome anyone to do the same with our work.
Do you already have a Facebook or Opensocial app? No problem you can have them on your OpenWack install along with other native, 3rd party, and your own custom plugins. We aim to let all kinds of social tools live under one roof.
And yes, OpenWack can be installed as a part of your own existing site and authenticate with OpenID, OAuth, and against an existing database of users.
Since OpenWack is just a site skeleton with basic membership functions you are not bound to the ugliness of customizing existing software for your particular needs.
Since plugins are independent pieces of functionality you can only choose those you need for your project and develop your own ones. You might find out that the only thing that can be common between a fancy social network site and a serious collaboration system is the OpenWack core. But you may not recognize it visually.
Diversity of such deployments is a nice side-effect of OpenWack plugin system with a mind-boggling potential.
Download OpenWack software and install it on your own server. If you are a pro there's nothing you need to read more in here.
Full control, easy custom development, and smooth upgrades are your business partners from now on.
Not willing to deal with downloads and installs?
Invest 5 minutes to create your own social network at WackWall by clicking buttons.
That's the fastest and easiest way to benefit from our work. You don't need to have any technical knowledge - just to be eager to start community!
Any company can create, sell, and support a customized software solution based on OpenWack for any vertical. This is possible to do with OpenWack core and a number of custom plugins.
Dedicated support ALWAYS costs money so smart companies recognize this revenue opportunity for their niche products.
So if you need a supported social site solution check out 3rd parties and their offers.
OpenWack is available in multiple forms so a diverse range of users can benefit from it. Whatever your capabilities and social software project needs are we can recommend an effective way to use OpenWack.
If there's anything we can do as a software provider to contribute to the integrity of the Internet and to combine collective effort it's giving the world a product that is:
Welcome to the truly social Web. Combine the effort!
