ikiwiki vs. PBwiki vs. Sputnik vs. UseMod

General Features ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Version
2.67
N/A
8.08.13
1.2.2
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
N/A
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
PBworks
Yuri Takhteyev
Clifford Adams
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
Lua
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Business Enterprises
Small teams or private users
Hosting Features ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Operating System
Any
N/A
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
N/A
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
N/A
gcc or Lua
Datastorage ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
RCS
Yes
N/A
No
No
Other
N/A
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
No
Patch
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
No
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Javascript
Lua, JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
No
Patch
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Optional
No
No
Output ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki PBwiki Sputnik UseMod
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
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<code>monospace</code>
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
N/A
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
http://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
N/A
Text Indentation
Indented block
> Sputnik
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
</dl>
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
---
- - -
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