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Open Social vs OpenScholar

A side-by-side look at Open Social and OpenScholar. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Open Social

Open Social

Social & Communications

OpenSocial is an open standard API for social networking sites that allows developers to build interoperable social applications across different platforms. It enables social features like user profiles, friend connections, activities, and messaging to be easily added to third-party websites and applications.

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OpenScholar

OpenScholar

Education & Reference

OpenScholar is an open source alternative to academic collaboration and publishing platforms like Academia.edu. It allows researchers to create scholar profiles, share publications, connect with other researchers, and track analytics on their work.

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