PhpWiki vs. Sputnik vs. KeheiWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
8.08.13
Pleiades-M45
2.67
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Yuri Takhteyev
team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT/X
LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Small teams or private users
corporate and special interest groups
Anyone
System Requirements PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Unix/Linux
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
gcc or Lua
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Git
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Yes
Apache
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Optional
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Optional
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Lua, JavaScript
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
No
Statistics PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki Sputnik KeheiWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Sputnik]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[[internal]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
# Sputnik
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
> Sputnik
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Sputnik
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# list
1. Sputnik
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
- - -
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove PhpWiki remove Sputnik remove KeheiWiki remove ikiwiki