Laconica is an open source microblogging tool written in PHP. All data is stored in a MySQL database. Laconica was created as a direct response of a need to create an open source, distributed alternative to Twitter. Laconica implements the OpenMicroBlogging standard. It was originally used by the identi.ca microblogging service.

Features

Current release of Laconica has a basic microblog feature set, on which new features are expected to be built on rapidly due to the open source nature of the software.

Current features include:

• Updates using a Jabber client
• OpenID authentication
• Subscribing to notices by users on a remote service through OpenMicroBlogging

These are upcoming priority features for Laconica:

• SMS updates and notifications
• A Twitter-compatible API
• More AJAX-y interface
• Maps
• Cross-post to Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku,etc.
• Pull messages from Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.
• Facebook integration
• Hashtags
• Image, video, audio notices
• Automatic url-shortening
• Multilingual interface (using Gettext)

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