Historia

El nombre viene de una ciudad suiza. También significa «alce» o «ratón» en danés.

Elgg’s initial funding was by a company called Curverider Ltd, which was started by David Tosh and Ben Werdmuller. In 2010, Curverider was acquired by Thematic Networks and control of the open-source project was turned over to The Elgg Foundation. Today, Elgg is a community-driven open source project and has a variety of contributors and supporters.