Friki vs. ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. WikiNi

General Features Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Version
2.1.1
2.67
8.08.13
0.5.0
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Perl
Lua
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Anyone
Small teams or private users
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
gcc or Lua
Datastorage Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Patch
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
French
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Usability Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Plugin
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki ikiwiki Sputnik WikiNi
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[[ ]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Bold Format
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
** **
Italics Format
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
// //
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__ __
Monospace Format
monospace
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
## ##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
@@ @@
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
:        indented
> Sputnik
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
-
-
-
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
1)
1)
1)
Definition Lists
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
----
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