| General Features | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.5.8
|
8.08.13
|
2008.1
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0.12.0
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| Last Release Date |
2026-03-09 (26 days ago)
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
|
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-03-09 (26 days ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
|
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
Jose Carlos Medeiros
|
legolas558
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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| License |
GPL2+
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MIT/X
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GPL
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GPLv2
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| Programming Language |
PHP
|
Lua
|
PHP
|
JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
All
|
Small teams or private users
|
Private users, small groups
|
Advanced End Users
|
| System Requirements | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Operating System |
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
Platform Independent
|
OS Independent (Browser Application)
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
Server Independent
|
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
gcc or Lua
|
n/a
|
JavaScript-capable browser
|
| Datastorage | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
|
Git
|
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
|
Yes
|
Supports per-page AES encryption
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
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 | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
None
|
None
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
No
|
No
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
0
|
2
English, Italian |
| Email notification |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
None
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| HTML Tags |
Plugin
|
Some
|
None
|
All
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Toolbar |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Output | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
No
|
No
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| File Attachments |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
No
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | PmWiki | Sputnik | Wikepage | Wiki on a Stick |
| Internal Link |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
[Link_type] [http://externallink.com] |
[[WoaS test page]] |
| External Link |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
[http://externallink.com/|click] [http://externallink.com/|picture.gif] |
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]] |
| Headlines |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
# Sputnik |
! Biggest !! Smaller !!! Smallest |
= Header 1 == Header 2 === Header 3 |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
**Bold** |
*bold text* |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
''Italic'' |
/italics text/ |
| Underline Format |
{+underlined+} |
|
__Underline__ |
_underlined text_ |
| Monospace Format |
@@monospace@@ |
|
With a space in front of the text |
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
{-strikethrough-} |
|
n/a |
|
| Superscript Format |
'^superscript^' |
|
n/a |
|
| Subscript Format |
'_subscript_' |
|
n/a |
|
| Images |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
|
[image.gif] [http://externalimage.com/image.gif] |
[[Image::woas.png]] |
| Aligning Text |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
|
n/a |
|
| Text Indentation |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
> Sputnik |
n/a |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
* Sputnik |
* Bullet1 * Bullet2 |
* element 1 * element 2 * element 3 |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
1. Sputnik |
n/a |
* element 1 * element 2 * element 3 |
| Definition Lists |
: term : definition |
|
|
|
| Horizontal Rule |
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- - - |
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| remove PmWiki | remove Sputnik | remove Wikepage | remove Wiki on a Stick |