How do Drigg and Pligg compare?
Drigg and Pligg are pieces of software that will allow you to create Digg-like sites. People sometimes ask me if they should pick Drigg or Pligg. When it happens, I am not sure what I should answer. This article will hopefully solve the dilemma for most of them.
Where Pligg wins
Availability of themes
Drigg: Very few. In fact, one. There are countless Drupal themes. However, it’s not super-trivial to adapt them so that they have all of the “drigg” stuff
Pligg: Tons. And tons. Which is surprising, seen how themes are done.
Learning curve
Drigg: It’s based on Drupal. So, it takes a little while to “get the hang of it”.
Pligg: Easier than Drigg. Especially since it’s so much more limited.
User base
Drigg: Excluding the huge Drupal user base, Drigg has a limited user base especially compared to Pligg’s
Pligg: Huge user base.
It’s easy to see why quite a few inexperienced users would pick Pligg here: it’s easier to get a decent site up and running without battling a learning curve or getting lost in Drupal’s configuration options. However…
Where Drigg wins
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