Digg.com’s content publishing model is no doubt one successful Web 2.0 example. I’ve written an entry about a year ago, listing some 15 sites that use similar digg.com concepts. Now that one year passed, god knows how many site out there now practices the digg model. But if you are still thinking of jumping on the bandwagon, here’s 6 free scripts that allows you to setup something like Digg, where stories are submitted shared as voted by users.
Pligg

Pligg is one of the most well known digg clone. It runs on PHP/MySQL, free and its currently on Beta 9.8. Read more about Pligg.
PHPDug

PHPDug is very similar to digg.com, particularly its dig buttons. It runs on PHP/MySQL, supports 12 languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Indonesian, Turkish, Persian) and here are its features:
- Easy to edit html template files
- Spam fighting captcha security codes
- Simple wizard installation
- External dig buttons
- Easy to edit language files
- No need to setup a cronjob
- Dig up/down comments
- Powerful Admin panel for controlling your site
- Automatic thumbnail retrieval for youtube and google videos
- Automatically add stories from RSS feeds
Check out the front demo, as well as the admin demo (user/pass : demo/demo)
The above two are by far few of the popular ones, but if you are intending to look for more, here’s another 4 more digg clones scripts with however less online support. Authors’ descriptions in quotes.
diggCLone
The diggCLone project is an effort to reproduce the functionality of the oh-so-popular social bookmarking site, digg.com. We’ve changed up a few things about it, but kept how the site basically works. Right now, we’re still in some of the early stages, though, so some of the functionality isn’t there yet.
Upwarded Source
Upwarded.com wasn’t as successful so far as I was hoping, so I’ve had a hard time adjusting the ranking algorithms… there just isn’t enough data coming in to test it. In any case, I’m releasing the full source for Upwarded.com [ZIP] under a GNU GPL/ CC license. All you need is Apache/ PHP5/ MySQL; for more see the contained “readme.txt”.
Loudle
A “digg like” news submitter/voter (non-hierarchical editorial control for you wordphiles) created using industry standard PHP and MySQL.
GrabTheMic
GrabTheMic is an Open Source implementation of community-driven news sites such as Digg (http://www.digg.com) and Reddit (http://www.reddit.com). It is powered by Ruby on Rails.
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Posted by hongkiat in Web 2.0 , at 12.03.07
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Comments
Kitkat December 4th, 2007
So, can we come up with a successful site with these free scripts?
Replyhongkiat December 4th, 2007
I think it is not the script that determines successful of the site. Wordpress is a good example. Majority of blogs are on Wordpress platform, but only minority becomes successful. So I guess it is the creativity and determination or the concept behind your website that determines.
ReplySyahid Ali December 5th, 2007
I’ve seen another but i don’t think it is based on Digg script. It is called Mixx.
Replydicky December 10th, 2007
Mixx is a customize Digg-like site. It look quite similar with Pligg. But i believe Mixx is not based on any open source Digg Clone Scripts.
Replyhongkiat December 23rd, 2007
dicky: Yeap, I’m a user of Mixx too. Obviously the crowd is smaller, but looks potential.
ReplyNadia Dxb January 5th, 2008
Well its nice sharing….
ReplyAkki January 5th, 2008
Really they are very useful… thanx for sharing
ReplyVoice Of Dingchao March 21st, 2008
They are great! I will consider to use them. Thanks for your sharing.
ReplyTayzar April 2nd, 2008
Well, thanks a lot for this post. Is there any one who can recommand the best script?
ReplyRice Blogger April 4th, 2008
i think there is opportunity with this script…try not to compete with digg service and you shall be fine
Replysanjeev May 16th, 2008
Well, i felt phpdugg is better and i am planning to use. but thinking about the domain name. what name suits better?
Replyigoy cavalera May 23rd, 2008
hey, this is cool information! nice. thanks
ReplyAnit Parmar June 8th, 2008
PHPdug is not installing. It shows table error.
ReplyPlease help.
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