PhpWiki vs. Sputnik vs. SubWiki vs. XWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
8.08.13
0.1-dev
18.2.0
0.61
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
no official
2026-03-30 (6 days ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2026-03-31 (5 days ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Yuri Takhteyev
Greg Stein
XWiki Development Team
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT/X
Academic Free License
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
GPLv2
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
Python
Java
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
RCS
Database, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Small teams or private users
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Hosting Features PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any platform supporting Java 17 or greater
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Servlet 5.0+
Zope
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
gcc or Lua
Java 17, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Datastorage PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Oracle
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Git
No
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Yes
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
Development/Support PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Optional
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
No
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Links PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Yes
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
Lua, JavaScript
None
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Usability PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
No
No
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Output PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki Sputnik SubWiki XWiki Zwiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Sputnik]]
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
# Sputnik
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
//Italics//
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
N/A
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{monospaced}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
N/A
--Strike--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
N/A
,,subscript,,
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
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

N/A
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
> Sputnik
N/A
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Sputnik
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List
** list
*** list
Numbered Lists
# list
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
N/A
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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