PageWork vs. ProWiki vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WiGit vs. Wikidot

General Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Version
0.4.8
2.0.045
8.08.13
5.1.21
0.1
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)
2008-07-21 (17 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)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Helmut Leitner
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Remko Tronçon
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
MIT/X
BSD
GPL
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
other
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
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
Private users
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
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
Git
Datastorage PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Patch
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Yes
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Development/Support PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
8598 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
No
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
0
2
English, Polish
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Plugin
No
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Optional
Some
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Output PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
No
No
No
Extras PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit Wikidot
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[InternalLink]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
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]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
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
h1. Headline
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
*Bold*
**bold text**
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
_Italics_
//italic text//
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
+underlined+
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
@monospace@
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
~subscript~
,,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]]
!image.jpg!
[[image src="..."]]
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
}}}
>Right-aligned
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
:: indented line
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
: term : definition
; term: definition
; term
: description
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
---
----
- - -
----
----
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