PageWork vs. ProWiki vs. Sputnik vs. WiGit

General Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Version
0.4.8
2.0.045
8.08.13
0.1
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 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)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Helmut Leitner
Yuri Takhteyev
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Lua
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
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
Private users
System Requirements PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
none
gcc or Lua
Git
Datastorage PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Yes
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Links PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
No
Usability PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
No
Output PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
No
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
No
Extras PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork ProWiki Sputnik WiGit
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Sputnik]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
"External link":http://externallink.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
h1. Headline
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_
_Italics_
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
@monospace@
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...]
!image.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]
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
:: indented line
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Sputnik
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Sputnik
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
: term : definition
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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