PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Sputnik

General Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Version
0.9.1
5.1.21
2.11.0
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (18 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
MIT/X
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Lua
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
all
Small teams or private users
System Requirements PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Operating System
Unix
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
gcc or Lua
Datastorage PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Git
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Yes
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Development/Support PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8524 ⭐
112 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Perl
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Usability PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Statistics PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
Extras PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
# Sputnik
Bold Format
B<bold>
''bold''
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
''italics''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
via html only
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
G<logo.png>
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Sputnik
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
via html only
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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