ikiwiki vs. Sputnik

General Features ikiwiki Sputnik
Version
2.67
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT/X
Programming Language
Perl
Lua
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Small teams or private users
System Requirements ikiwiki Sputnik
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
Datastorage ikiwiki Sputnik
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
Git
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Sputnik
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ikiwiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki Sputnik
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ikiwiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras ikiwiki Sputnik
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Sputnik
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
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
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`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
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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