| General Features | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.67
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2016-06-26
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2.5.8
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8.08.13
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| Last Release Date |
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
|
2026-03-09 (26 days ago)
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
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2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
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2026-03-09 (26 days ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Martin D�ring
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
Yuri Takhteyev
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
GPL
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MIT
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GPL2+
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MIT/X
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| Programming Language |
Perl
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PHP
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PHP
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Lua
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| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
Database, Files, RCS
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Anyone
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Text centric websites and mobile use
|
All
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Small teams or private users
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| System Requirements | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
Any
|
any
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Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Webserver |
Any, or none
|
any
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Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
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| Other Requirements |
PHP 5.4+
|
none
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gcc or Lua
|
|
| Datastorage | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Other |
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
Git
|
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| Security/Anti-Spam | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
Yes
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Development/Support | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
No
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
|
N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Preview |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
None
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
No
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
0
|
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 |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Links | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
None
|
Plugin
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Output | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
No
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
| Extras | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ikiwiki | mobiki | PmWiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
[[internal]] |
[Internal Link] |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
[link text](http://example.org) |
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de [Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de] |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
!Headline |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
**bold** __bold__ |
'''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
''italics'' |
''italic'' |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
n/a |
{+underlined+} |
|
| Monospace Format |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
n/a |
@@monospace@@ |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
n/a |
{-strikethrough-} |
|
| Superscript Format |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
n/a |
'^superscript^' |
|
| Subscript Format |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
n/a |
'_subscript_' |
|
| Images |
  |
http://image.png image:example.jpg images:imagefolder |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
|
| Aligning Text |
|
___ aligned text ___ |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
n/a |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
- One - Two * One * Two |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
0. One 0. Two 0. Three |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
n/a |
: term : definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
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- - - |
| remove ikiwiki | remove mobiki | remove PmWiki | remove Sputnik |