Drupit is an open source social networking platform currently under development. It is based on the drupal content management system and will allow anyone to run a social networking site similar to MySpace, Facebook and Bebo for free, and, will also include extra features not found on those sites currently.

Here is a brief list of planned features:

• Bulletins
• Photo Albums
• Comments on Profiles (in a similar fashion to Facebook)
• Users can select from current Drupal themes for their profile?
• Add Friends
• Watch People
• Allow each user to have an RSS feed
• Twitter / Pownce / Jaiku like functionality on each profile with short messages
• Possibly integrate Google’s Open Social?
• Allow users to post YouTube / Vimeo / Google Video…etc
• Import contact lists from Hotmail / Yahoo! / GMail / AOL / MySpace?
• Profile URL’s such as “domain.com/username” or “username.domain.com”
• Local information such as weather, movie showings…etc on the user back end page (the first page they see, not their main ‘profile’)

The idea is simple. Many people want to start a Social Networking site using the Drupal platform, many of whom are not good with coding or css. Enter Drupit. Drupit is going to be a “low step” install. Users will upload the package to their webserver (as they currently do with Drupal), enter the SQL database details, enter the site information and first user information and they will instantly have a social networking site.

The Project is Open Source. Anyone can help. A Drupit Wiki has been set up, where you can find out more information about Drupit, and begin helping with the project.