Friendica is a software to create a distributed social network. It is part of the federation of servers that are running with Friendica, Diaspora and Hubzilla which are compatible to each other.
[Friendica](http://friendi.ca/) is a decentralised communications platform that integrates social communication. Our platform links to independent social projects and corporate services.
Friendica connects you effortlessly to a federated communications network of several thousand servers, with more than half a million user registrations. You can directly connect to anyone on **Friendica**, **Mastodon**, **Diaspora**, **GnuSocial**, **Pleroma**, or **Hubzilla**, regardless where each user profile is hosted.
- [ ] Add php.log in the root folder for debugging php, with logrotate applied on it (can be accesssed by **admin->logs** and entering the **php.log**).
Before installing, read the [Friendica installation instructions](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/blob/develop/doc/Install.md) for important information about installation.
- Dedicated domain (must install under web root like **https://friendica.example.com/** not **https://example.com/friendica/** )
**For admin rights**: When installation is complete, you will need to visit your domain page and login with the **admin account username and password** which was entered at the time of installation process. You can then create your profile and access the admin panel.
**For normal YunoHost users :** Normal LDAP users can login through Ldap authentication and create there profiles.
