PodWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. Sputnik vs. SubWiki

General Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Version
0.9.1
5.1.21
2.11.0
8.08.13
0.1-dev
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)
no official
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)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Yuri Takhteyev
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
MIT/X
Academic Free License
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Lua
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Individuals, private, small groups
all
Small teams or private users
System Requirements PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Operating System
Unix
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
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
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
gcc or Lua
Datastorage PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Optional
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
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
No
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
builtin
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Yes
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8524 ⭐
112 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Some
None
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Perl
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Lua, JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Unknown
Usability PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Statistics PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Output PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
No
Extras PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki Sputnik SubWiki
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
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
B<bold>
''bold''
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
I<italics>
//italic//
''italics''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
N/A
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
N/A
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
N/A
Subscript Format
via html only
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
N/A
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'}]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
N/A
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
:indent

> quote

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

=item* listitem

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

=item 1. listitem

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