| General Features | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.1.11
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2.67
|
8.08.13
|
| Last Release Date |
2026-03-15 (2 months ago)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-03-15 (2 months ago)
|
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
|
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Foswiki Community
|
BrainKeeper, Inc.
|
PBworks
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
GPL
|
MIT/X
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Perl
|
Lua
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
|
Determined by Solution Needs
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
|
Business Enterprises
|
Anyone
|
Small teams or private users
|
| Hosting Features | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
No limit
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
No limit
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
None
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
No Restrictions
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Any
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Any, or none
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
| Other Requirements |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
gcc or Lua
|
|
| Datastorage | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
caching of content into database using plugins
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Git
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
Yes
|
| Host Blocking |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel | |||||
| Stars on GitHub |
118 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
1
English |
1
English |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
All
|
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
Javascript
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
No
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Contents
|
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
| Extras | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Foswiki | BrainKeeper | PBwiki | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
|
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[internal]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
|
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[link text](http://example.org) |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
|
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
|
**bold** |
**bold** __bold__ |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
|
''italics'' |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underline</u> |
|
__underline__ |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
|
| Monospace Format |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
|
<code>monospace</code> |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
|
-strikethrough- |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
|
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
|
| Images |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
|
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
  |
|
| Aligning Text |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
<left>, <center>, <right> |
|
|
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
Indented block |
|
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
|
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
|
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
$ Term: Definition |
|
<dl> </dl> |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
|
--- |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
- - - |
| remove Foswiki | remove BrainKeeper | remove PBwiki | remove ikiwiki | remove Sputnik |