ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. PhpWiki vs. UseMod

General Features ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Version
2.67
8.08.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.2.2
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2023-11-10 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2025-02-25 (1 year ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Clifford Adams
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Lua
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Small teams or private users
Any
System Requirements ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
various opt. helpers
Datastorage ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
Git
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Patch
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki 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 Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Links ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
None
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Usability ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Patch
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Patch
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Patch
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Sputnik PhpWiki UseMod
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>for monospace text</tt>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<strike>striked through</strike>
N/A
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
http://url.com/pic.gif
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

N/A
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
* list
or
- list
* 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
1. Sputnik
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
;Term:Definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
----
----
remove ikiwiki remove Sputnik remove PhpWiki remove UseMod