Sputnik vs. ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Version
8.08.13
2.67
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Lua
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
Plugin
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
Git
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik ikiwiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
remove Sputnik remove ikiwiki remove KeheiWiki