Instiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Sputnik vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Version
0.30.0
2.3.13
8.08.13
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Alex Schroeder
Yuri Takhteyev
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
MIT/X
GPLv2
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Perl
Lua
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
family people, hackers
Small teams or private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Writable data directory
gcc or Lua
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
Git
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Yes
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
89 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
None
Perl
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
No
Usability Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Statistics Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Unknown
Output Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
No
Blogs
No
Optional
No
No
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[Sputnik]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
# Sputnik
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
*bold text*
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
/italics text/
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
no example known
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Sputnik
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. Sputnik
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
***
Depending on plugins:
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