Couple of days back, you read about Migg – the Malayalam Digg Clone. Then, I thought about writing, how to create your own new digg clone for FREE and launch it.
Let’s take a look at Pligg - open source content management system available for download at no cost. Pligg started as a simple CMS that let users submit and vote on news articles, and that’s still what we do best.

1. Once you’ve got the idea conceived, get yourslef a killer domain name and a suitable hoster (with PHP/MySQL).
2. Select the hosting plan after estimating the expected user-base.
3. Grab a copy of Pligg and install it on your server. Installation is easy, but configuration takes a bit more time as there are many functions and features to be configured/tweaked.
4. Then you can ADD CATEGORIES, modify the site structure and much more in the administration panel.
5. Search for a suitable template/theme. There are many available free of cost. These are good resources:
   • Pligg2U
   • FreePliggThemes (less number of templates)
6. That’s it. The Technical Part is over.
7. Invite your friends and have sometime, testing every part of it, making sure it’s secured.
8. Release it to public (or even in BETA) and promote as much as you can. Introduce your new digg clone to bloggers and they might review it (as I’ve done for Migg).

There are many digg clones in the web, mostly powered by Pligg. Some are language-based ones like Migg, some region-based, gender-based, category-based and some even college-based !!!