PageWork vs. ProWiki vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Version
0.4.8
2.0.045
8.08.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Helmut Leitner
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
MIT/X
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
none
gcc or Lua
A common browser
Datastorage PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Yes
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Links PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Usability PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Output PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
No
Extras PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
:: indented line
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
----
- - -
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