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HumHub is an actively maintained platform for private social networks, workplace communities, intranets, and collaboration spaces. Its core provides profiles, Spaces, activity streams, posts, comments, likes, follows, notifications, directories, search, and files, while optional modules add messaging, calendars, wikis, surveys, news, authentication, document collaboration, and other organization-specific functions.
It is well suited to companies, public institutions, nonprofits, associations, universities, clubs, and private communities that need an organized collaboration network. Administrators should compare Community, Professional, and Enterprise editions and verify the license, support, and module requirements for each planned feature.
HumHub Overview and Features
Who HumHub Is For
It is well suited to companies, public institutions, nonprofits, associations, universities, clubs, and private communities that need an organized collaboration network. Administrators should compare Community, Professional, and Enterprise editions and verify the license, support, and module requirements for each planned feature.
HumHub Community Edition is open-source software under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. Professional and Enterprise editions and marketplace modules can have separate commercial terms, so review each license and support entitlement before deployment.
Maintenance and Compatibility Notice
HumHub is actively developed and supported. Its official website and marketplace show current 2026 activity, and its documentation lists supported PHP combinations through HumHub 1.18 with 1.19 upcoming. Use a supported stable release, monitor official security and update notices, and test every module, theme, authentication method, queue, and search integration before production upgrades.
Profiles, Spaces, and activity streams
HumHub provides this capability within its documented community and member-management workflow.
Posts, comments, reactions, and follows
HumHub provides this capability within its documented community and member-management workflow.
Directories, notifications, search, and files
HumHub provides this capability within its documented community and member-management workflow.
Granular visibility and membership controls
HumHub provides this capability within its documented community and member-management workflow.
Modules for calendars, wikis, chat, and surveys
HumHub provides this capability within its documented community and member-management workflow.
Community and commercial edition options
HumHub provides this capability within its documented community and member-management workflow.
Choose a HumHub Hosting Plan
Compare expected members, concurrent activity, database growth, media uploads, private messages, email delivery, moderation work, and backup storage. A small private group can start modestly, while an active media-rich community needs more processing, storage, bandwidth, and recovery capacity.
Pro Personal
For portfolios & blogsRenews at $7.99/mo
- 25 GB SSD Storage
- Free Domain Names
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Secure Payment Options
- SiteJet AI Website Builder
- 360 Website Monitoring
- 45 Day Guarantee
- Encrypted Offsite Backups
- Malware Scan - Included
- WordPress - Included
- cPanel Softaculous - Included
- SSL Certificates - Included
- 5 Email Accounts
- 5 Parked Domains
- 5 Sub Domains
- 1 Website
Pro Business
Growing teams & shopsRenews at $10.99/mo
- 50 GB SSD Storage
- Free Domain Names
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Secure Payment Options
- SiteJet AI Website Builder
- 360 Website Monitoring
- 45 Day Guarantee
- Encrypted Offsite Backups
- Malware Scan - Included
- WordPress - Included
- cPanel Softaculous - Included
- SSL Certificates - Included
- 25 Email Accounts
- 25 Parked Domains
- 25 Sub Domains
- 5 Websites
Pro Ultimate
For Unlimited ScaleRenews at $15.99/mo
- Unlimited SSD Storage
- Free Domain Names
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Secure Payment Options
- SiteJet AI Website Builder
- 360 Website Monitoring
- 45 Day Guarantee
- Encrypted Offsite Backups
- Malware Scan - Included
- WordPress - Included
- cPanel Softaculous - Included
- SSL Certificates - Included
- Unlimited Email Accounts
- Unlimited Parked Domains
- Unlimited Sub Domains
- Unlimited Websites
Ways to Use HumHub
Company social intranets
Use HumHub for this purpose only after reviewing maintenance, privacy, moderation, hosting compatibility, and recovery requirements.
Association and nonprofit communities
Use HumHub for this purpose only after reviewing maintenance, privacy, moderation, hosting compatibility, and recovery requirements.
University collaboration networks
Use HumHub for this purpose only after reviewing maintenance, privacy, moderation, hosting compatibility, and recovery requirements.
Private member and project spaces
Use HumHub for this purpose only after reviewing maintenance, privacy, moderation, hosting compatibility, and recovery requirements.
Installing HumHub
RSH Web Services offers HumHub installation through Softaculous in cPanel. Use the installer first to create the application files, database, and administrator account. For manual installation, obtain the trusted package, create a least-privilege database and user, and follow the official or bundled instructions. RSH Web Services can help with installation.
Hosting Requirements
Official requirements list Apache 2.4 or NGINX, at least 64 MB PHP memory, 500 MB application space, 100 MB database space, MariaDB 10.11 or MySQL 8.0 minimum, InnoDB and utf8mb4, plus required PHP extensions. PHP support depends on the HumHub release; version 1.18 supports PHP 8.2 through 8.4.
Community Launch Checklist
Configure administrator credentials, privacy defaults, registration, roles, uploads, mail, moderation, retention, scheduled tasks, and backups. Test public and private workflows with non-administrator accounts before inviting members.
Migrating or Upgrading HumHub
Begin with cPanel backups of all application files, user media, and a complete database export. For a Softaculous-managed installation, use only the backup, clone, restore, or upgrade controls actually displayed for HumHub before manual work. Move matching files and data together, then test accounts, profiles, permissions, groups, content, messages, media, email, and scheduled tasks. Softaculous upgrades HumHub only; it does not convert a different community platform into HumHub.
HumHub Security and Privacy
Use unique administrator accounts, least-privilege roles, conservative registration and upload rules, clear privacy defaults, and documented moderation procedures. Remove unused accounts and extensions, monitor logs, and test supported updates in staging. Hosting protections provide valuable layers but cannot correct vulnerabilities in unsupported application code or replace responsible handling of profiles, messages, relationships, and member media.
Backups and Recovery
Back up the database and every application file, including configuration, user uploads, avatars, themes, language files, and supported extensions. Keep multiple dated restore points and at least one copy outside the hosting account. Create a fresh backup before upgrades, migrations, bulk moderation, or server changes, and restore a private copy periodically to verify accounts, relationships, permissions, posts, messages, and media.
All HumHub Plans Include
DDoS Security Monitoring
A Distributed Denial of Service attack disrupts the operations of a website, server, or network by flooding it with unwanted Internet traffic.
WordPress Easy Install
With cPanel users can install configure, secure, update, and manage WordPress through the WP Toolkit interface.
Secure Email
Access your email program or the online Webmail interface using Secure SSL certification (HTTPS) protocol.
cPanel
With over 80 features to manage all aspects of your hosting account, website, email and domains.
Softaculous App Installer
A time and hassle-saving, automatic script installer with over 380+ scripts, and 1115 PHP classes classes like WordPress
Website Transfers
Free cPanel or WordPress website transfers with no down time, other types of migrations also available.
Spam Assassin
A program used to detect unsolicited, unwanted and virus-infected emails and stop or reject the spam messages.
FTP Access
FTP is a program that allows you to transfer files from your computer to your website.
Site Backups
Backups can be configure with the Backup Wizard in cPanel or right within WordPress.
Free SSL Certificates
Provide secure, encrypted communications between a website and an Internet, RSH Web provides free SSL certs.
HumHub Resources
Existing software and hosting resources: Softaculous, Firewall, (cPanel), cPanel Demo here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can HumHub run as a private community?
Where the application supports private registration and content permissions, it can be configured for approved members instead of open public access. Test every role with a non-administrator account, including profiles, groups, media, search, feeds, and direct messages. Privacy depends on correct application settings, secure hosting, responsible administrators, and maintained code; a hidden URL or login page alone is not sufficient.
How should member registration be configured in HumHub?
Choose open, invitation-only, or administrator-approved registration only if the installed release supports that option. Add clear community rules, verify email delivery, limit automated signups, and review default profile visibility. Test password recovery and account deletion before launch. Older software may lack modern abuse controls, so unsupported applications should not accept new public registrations or sensitive personal data.
What should be tested before adding a HumHub plugin or theme?
Confirm that the component explicitly supports the installed HumHub release and review its license, update history, source, permissions, and data handling. Pay close attention to code affecting login, uploads, messaging, payments, or moderation. Test it on staging with representative accounts, retain the original package, and create a complete file and database backup before production installation.
How should photos and other uploads be protected in HumHub?
Allow only necessary file types and sizes, keep upload locations protected from script execution, and test who can view or download each item. Remove hidden metadata when appropriate, moderate public uploads, and include media in storage forecasts and backups. Community administrators should publish retention and removal procedures and avoid collecting sensitive material the site does not genuinely need.
What moderation plan does a HumHub community need?
Define acceptable behavior, reporting channels, moderator roles, escalation steps, response records, and rules for removing content or accounts before inviting members. Test blocking, reporting, comment, group, and message controls that actually exist in the installed release. Technical tools do not replace consistent human decisions, and old platforms may need restricted access because they lack modern safety features.
How much hosting capacity does HumHub require?
Capacity depends on active members, concurrent sessions, images, video, audio, private messages, search indexes, activity logs, email, and retained backups. Estimate typical and peak use, then monitor CPU, memory, database size, disk, inode, and bandwidth consumption. Media-heavy communities need substantially more storage and processing headroom than small text-based groups, especially during backup creation and restoration.
How should HumHub updates or upgrades be tested?
Back up all files and the database, then reproduce the site in a private staging location. Follow the official upgrade sequence for the exact source and target releases. Test login, profiles, permissions, groups, feeds, messaging, media, search, email, cron, themes, and plugins. Confirm a rollback procedure before changing production, particularly when crossing several major versions.
Can HumHub data be moved to another community platform?
Possibly, but migration depends on available exports and the target platform’s import tools. Inventory accounts, profiles, relationships, groups, posts, comments, messages, media, privacy settings, and identifiers before mapping data. Preserve consent and access restrictions, test with copies, and reconcile record counts. Softaculous does not convert one social-networking application into another; custom migration work may be required.
How do I recover HumHub after a failed change?
Stop further edits and preserve the current files and database. Restore a matching backup to a private location, then test accounts, permissions, profiles, groups, content, messages, media, email, and scheduled tasks. Avoid combining files and databases from different backup times. Once recovery is verified, plan the live restore and document the cause before attempting the change again.
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