ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. LionWiki vs. Sputnik

General Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Version
2.67
Pleiades-M45
3.2.4
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
Adam Živnéř
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL v2
MIT/X
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
Lua
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
advanced users, minimalists
Small teams or private users
System Requirements ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Operating System
Any
Unix/Linux
All PHP supported
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
gcc or Lua
Datastorage ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Git
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
# 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 ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
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
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Links ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Plugin
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
JavaScript (plugin)
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
No
No
Extras ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Calendar
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki Sputnik
Internal Link
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
# Sputnik
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italics''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'__underline__'
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'--strikethrough--'
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[path_to_img.jpg]
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* Sputnik
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
----
- - -
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