What is Noosfero?
Noosfero is an open source web-based platform for social and solidarity economy networks and non-profit organizations. It allows groups and activists to create collaborative websites and web applications for community engagement.
Some key features of Noosfero include:
- Profiles for organizations, groups and individual users
- Blog, forum, event calendar and gallery modules
- Customizable themes and layouts
- permission system for creating public/private content and groups
- Notification system to interact with other users and groups across the network
- Options for multi-language sites and localization
- SEO optimization and analytics integration
Noosfero aims to promote transparency, decentralization and autonomy for solidarity-focused networks through its federated architecture and community ownership model. It is used by thousands of activist groups, NGOs, social enterprises, coops and nonprofit projects across Latin America and Europe.
As an open source platform, Noosfero can be freely adopted, adapted and scaled by organizations seeking an alternative to corporate social networks and content management systems.