ConcourseConnect is a web application that enables the rapid creation of dynamic online communities – with applications ranging from social networking sites to business directories and collaborative intranets.

The application is written in Java and comes with several configurations, including:

• Enterprise Social Computing (Enterprise 2.0), also known as Social Business software
• Community
• Social Networking
• Local Business Directory (like a chamber of commerce or Yellow Pages site)

The latest version features:

• Activity streams (your company's own Twitter)
• Concise email updates of your connected friends and co-workers
• A very functional wiki with inter-profile links and exporting to PDF
• Modules for Ideas, Blogs, Reviews, Discussion Forums, Document Management, Lists, Badges, Issues, Participants, Search, Tags, Classifieds and Promotions

To give you an example of sites you can build, take a look at a few of these demo and production sites. The first is the out-of-the-box experience and the others have been customized:

• http://social.preview.concursive.com
• http://hamptonroadscares.org
• http://www.chaikinpowertools.com
• http://www.concoursecloud.com

The application is built using more than sixty (60) tightly-integrated Java portlets, plus several remote portlets using Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) technology that partners can deploy. Concursive has demo sites for each configuration so you can can quickly evaluate the application. Features include a full range of Web 2.0 tools: ratings, reviews, wiki, blog, comments, discussion forums, an ideas engine, and more. Users begin by creating a rich profile and joining groups.

Notes about the code:

• The source code version of concourseconnect is provided under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL)
• You can download the latest source and compile it yourself by doing a Subversion checkout - see the Source tab for instructions
• Concursive releases code several times a year, the code here lags only feature-wise behind the development trunk, but is otherwise very stable for customization and deployment
• If you are interested in a Chinese version, check out http://www.opensourceforce.org which is a fork of concourseconnect
• Please note, the compiled version comes with a registration page for Concursive; once up and running this can be turned off in the build.properties file

For commercial support, integration and deployment please visit http://www.concursive.com.