Sputnik vs. BrainKeeper vs. PhpWiki vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Version
8.08.13
N/A
phpwiki-1.3.14
N/A
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
N/A
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
BrainKeeper, Inc.
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
MIT/X
N/A
GPL
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
Lua
N/A
PHP
N/A
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Any
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Hosting Features Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
No limit
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
N/A
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
N/A
Any, or none
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
N/A
various opt. helpers
N/A
Datastorage Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
SQLite
Plugin
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Other
Git
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
N/A
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
No
N/A
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Links Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Usability Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Output Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik BrainKeeper PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
# Sputnik
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Indented block
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* list
or
- list
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
# list
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
- - -
----
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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