Anwiki vs. PmWiki vs. Sputnik vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Version
0.2.5
2.5.8
8.08.13
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2026-03-09 (26 days ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2026-03-09 (26 days ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Yuri Takhteyev
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL2+
MIT/X
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Lua
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
All
Small teams or private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
none
gcc or Lua
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Git
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Yes
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Usability Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Output Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
No
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki PmWiki Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[[Sputnik]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
# Sputnik
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
*bold text*
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
/italics text/
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
@@monospace@@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
'_subscript_'
Images
<img src=""/>
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Sputnik
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Sputnik
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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