| General Features | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.1
|
N/A
|
8.08.13
|
| Last Release Date |
2026-06-14 (today)
|
N/A
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Clay Alberty
|
PBworks
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD
|
N/A
|
MIT/X
|
| Programming Language |
C#
|
N/A
|
Lua
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
N/A
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
Determined by Solution Needs
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
N/A
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Business Enterprises
|
Small teams or private users
|
|
| Hosting Features | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
No limit
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
No limit
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
None
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
Windows
|
N/A
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Webserver |
IIS 5+
|
N/A
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
| Other Requirements |
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
N/A
|
gcc or Lua
|
| Datastorage | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
No
|
| RCS |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Other |
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
N/A
|
Git
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
English |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Threaded
|
No
|
| Categories |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
None
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Links | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
All
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Javascript
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Output | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
No
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
|
| Extras | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ProntoWiki | PBwiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
[pagename] |
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
{title|url} |
[http://www.externallink.com] |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
!, !!, !!! |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 !!!!!! Level 6 |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
''italics'' |
''italics'' |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
__under__ |
__underline__ |
|
| Monospace Format |
|
<code>monospace</code> |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
-strikethrough- |
|
| Superscript Format |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg |
|
| Aligning Text |
available through custom tags |
<left>, <center>, <right> |
|
| Text Indentation |
multiple spaces -> |
Indented block |
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
* Bullet #1 * Bullet #2 ** SubBullet #1 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
# ## ### #### |
# Number #1 # Number #2 |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
|
<dl> </dl> |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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