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Before social networking was all rage, it used to be dating sites that are the meeting place for many strangers. Even now when Facebook and Twitter seems to be taking the term “always connected” to a new level, there are plenty of successful dating sites such as PlentyOfFish and Yahoo Personals / Match.com. Played right, running a dating site can be fulfilling and very profitable.

Here are a few dating site scripts that you can download for free. I haven’t try any of them, so I can’t give any recommendation. If you do try any of them please come back and tell us how they fare.

osDate
http://www.tufat.com/s_free_dating_system.htm
osDate dating and matchmaking script fully integrates with major bulletin boards (phpBB, vBulletin, etc.) and FlashChat, and provides several payment modules, multiple skins, and free upgrades.

UCenter Home (UCHome)
http://lastingyoung.com/foro/forumdisplay.php?fid=60
From Chinese developer that also built discuz bulletin board script, there is not much known about this script, but the user experience seems to be quite positive.

Boonex Dolphin
http://www.boonex.com/
The only “all-in-one” software paclage for creating your own social network, web-community or dating site. All modules, players, chat, messenger and apps included. All open-source, downloadable, and free.

WordPress with Buddypress
http://www.buddypress.org/
Of course, not forgetting to mention my favorit: the best CMS/blogging system combined social networking plugin. It might need a few tweaks to work as you want, but this is one of the most reliable.

NetworX
http://www.socialabc.com
NetworX is social networking software that allows you to create your own private community for anything that interest you. NetworX is about personalizing your community.

Beatz
http://cogzidel.com/Products/Beatz
Beatz is free opensource online social networking software that allows you to start your own music community just like Pure Volume and RBS is a free to use unique bidding system, developed by Cogzidel Technologies