AROUNDMe social software

AROUNDMe is a free software suite that gives you personal Internet identity AND social tools in which to collaborate.

Within the suite are three products:

1. AROUNDMe Personal identity
   The perfect solution for anyone wishing to create their own OpenID-based identity on the Web. More
2. AROUNDMe identity server
   The perfect solution for anyone wishing to create OpenID-based identities and offer websites for multiple people on the Web. More
3. AROUNDMe collaboration server
   The perfect solution for anyone wishing to create collaborative social spaces on the Web. More

Why AROUNDMe

There are three things on the web that we want to address:

• I have to register with every interactive web site today. Each one uses a different username and password combination. It's like having to have a separate passport to enter every shop! We give you a tool so that you have a single identity and password - an digital identity.
• Your social network is an important tool, but you do not own it on the web today. Try taking your social network from MySpace to Facebook and you'll see what we mean. We want to give you a decentralised social network, a network that you own and that you can take from place to place.
• In order to collaborate together on the web today we have to use several disparate tools which often do not work in the way we do, hence we have to change the way we work to fit the tool. We create a highly customisable collaborative space from which you can add social tools to match the way you work.

These three challenges are addressed with AROUNDMe; a free software suite that gives you personal Internet identity, decentralised social networking AND social tools in which to collaborate.

Who uses it

Forge; empowering young people to realise their dreams and improving their local community.

Ungdomstorget; a project to network Swedish youth in youth councils throughout Sweden.

A global social alliance

At the heart of AROUNDMe is a technology called OpenID. OpenID is supported by Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, AOL, Technorati, LiveJournal, Yahoo, and more than 10,000 Web sites support OpenID log-ins, and an estimated 350 million people OpenID based identities exist.

Software for everyone

Our software is developed to meet W3C web standards including conformance level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities.

Product details and downloads

• AROUNDMe Personal identity
• AROUNDMe identity server
• AROUNDMe collaboration server