ProWiki vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. WiGit

General Features ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Version
2.0.045
8.08.13
5.1.21
0.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT/X
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users
System Requirements ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
none
gcc or Lua
A common browser
Git
Datastorage ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Yes
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8598 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
No
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
No
Usability ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Statistics ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Output ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
No
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Calendar
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki WiGit
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[InternalLink]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
h1. Headline
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
*Bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
_Italics_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
{{{monospaced}}}
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
~~subscript~~
~subscript~
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
Definition Lists
; term: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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