PageWork vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wikidot

General Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Version
0.4.8
8.08.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
MIT/X
BSD
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
none
0
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
gcc or Lua
A common browser
Datastorage PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Patch
Plugin
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
No
Unknown
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Yes
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8598 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
English, Polish
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
No
No
No
Extras PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork Sputnik TiddlyWiki Wikidot
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
**bold text**
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
//italic text//
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
__underline__
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

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