Any Social Network engine/gem for Rails 4.0?

Question

I am looking for a gem to provide basic social network functionalities, which are:

• User Authentication
• Profile Management
• Private messaging
• In the future, a mini-blog maybe but not essential

I have been looking into currently active projects like Community Engine and Social Stream. I like Social Stream in particular as you can choose the component you want. However, none of these gems are support RoR 4.0+

Is there any other solutions I can consider? Or else, is there any gem which are like devise + something else for messaging? I like devise so I don't mind adding messaging function via another gem. Any ideas? Thank you!

Answer 1

There are actually quite a few :

Social Stream : A complete social network that includes everything you would want from a social network.

Diaspora : Same features as social stream, more active.

Here's a complete list

Or, you can quickly create your own with the following gems:

1) Devise : User authentication
2) Mailboxer: Messaging
3) Activity Stream : public/private activities
4) Socialization : Friendship model