| General Features | Smeagol | BookStack |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.1
|
v21.12.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2018-05-24 (8 years ago)
|
2022-01-06 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2018-10-30 (7 years ago)
|
2022-01-08 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Simon Brooke
|
Dan Brown
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL 2.0
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
Clojure
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
free
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Anyone who needs a small simple wiki
|
Small to mid-size groups and businesses
|
| System Requirements | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Operating System |
Any (JVM)
|
Linux, Windows and Unix variants
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
None needed
|
Apache, Nginx or others with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
None
|
Command-line access, PHP7.3+
|
| Datastorage | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Built in
|
SAML2, LDAP, OIDC, ActiveDirectory, Google, GitHub, GitLab, AzureAD, Slack and more
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Smeagol | BookStack |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
72 ⭐
|
19080 ⭐
|
| Common Features | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
| Revision Diffs |
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
No
|
No
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
4
German, English, Lithuanian, Russian |
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lettish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
| Categories |
No
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
Conflict Detection
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Search |
Not available
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
No
|
| Links | Smeagol | BookStack |
| CamelCase |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Unknown
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Smeagol | BookStack |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
| Usability | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Recent Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
| Output | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Printer Friendly |
No
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
No
|
No
|
| Media and Files | Smeagol | BookStack |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Optional
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
| Extras | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Calendar |
No
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
No
|
| Presentations |
No
|
No
|
| Forums |
No
|
No
|
| Blogs |
No
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Examples | Smeagol | BookStack |
| Internal Link |
[[Link within this wiki]] |
|
| External Link |
[Link outside this wiki] (http://url.goes.here/) |
|
| Headlines |
# Main heading ## Second level heading ### Third level heading |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
|
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
|
| Underline Format |
not supported |
|
| Monospace Format |
`code` or ``` code ``` |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
~~strikethrough~~ |
|
| Superscript Format |
not supported |
|
| Subscript Format |
not supported |
|
| Images |
 |
|
| Aligning Text |
not supported |
|
| Text Indentation |
not supported |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
+ (at start of line) ordinary bulleted lists |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. (at start of line) numbered lists |
|
| Definition Lists |
not supported |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
not supported |
|
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