| General Features | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
N/A
|
2.67
|
N/A
|
8.08.13
|
| Last Release Date |
N/A
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
N/A
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
PBworks
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| License |
N/A
|
GPL
|
N/A
|
MIT/X
|
| Programming Language |
N/A
|
Perl
|
N/A
|
Lua
|
| Data Storage |
N/A
|
Files, RCS
|
N/A
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
0
|
Determined by Solution Needs
|
0
|
| Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
|
Anyone
|
Business Enterprises
|
Small teams or private users
|
| Hosting Features | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Storage Quota |
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
No limit
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
No limit
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
None
|
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No Restrictions
|
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
No
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
N/A
|
Any
|
N/A
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
Any, or none
|
N/A
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
N/A
|
gcc or Lua
|
|
| Datastorage | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Oracle |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| SQLite |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| RCS |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Other |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Git
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
N/A
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Host Blocking |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
N/A
|
||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
English |
1
English |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Discussion Pages
|
Threaded
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Links | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
Optional
|
All
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
Javascript
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Output | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
No
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
Contents
|
No
|
| Extras | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | BrainKeeper | ikiwiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
|
[[internal]] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
|
[link text](http://example.org) |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
|
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
|
**bold** __bold__ |
**bold** |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
|
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
''italics'' |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
|
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
__underline__ |
|
| Monospace Format |
|
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
<code>monospace</code> |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
|
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
-strikethrough- |
|
| Superscript Format |
|
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
|
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
|
  |
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
|
| Aligning Text |
|
|
<left>, <center>, <right> |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
|
Indented block |
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
|
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
|
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
<dl> </dl> |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
|
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
--- |
- - - |
| remove BrainKeeper | remove ikiwiki | remove PBwiki | remove Sputnik |