ProWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Sputnik vs. SubWiki

General Features ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Version
2.0.045
6.2.0
8.08.13
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
WackoWiki Team
Yuri Takhteyev
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
MIT/X
Academic Free License
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Lua
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database, Files, RCS
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Small teams or private users
System Requirements ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite (optional)
gcc or Lua
Datastorage ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Yes
Other
MariaDB
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
No
Flat
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Some
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Lua, JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Output ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
No
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
Extras ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki WackoWiki Sputnik SubWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
# Sputnik
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
N/A
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
##monospace##
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
[[strike]strikethrough text]
--strikethrough--
N/A
Superscript Format
<sup>text</sup>
^^superscript^^
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>text</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
N/A
Images
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
N/A
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
one
two
> Sputnik
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Sputnik
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Sputnik
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term: definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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