Sputnik vs. ikiwiki vs. SubWiki vs. BrainKeeper

General Features Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Version
8.08.13
2.67
0.1-dev
N/A
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
no official
N/A
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Greg Stein
BrainKeeper, Inc.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
License
MIT/X
GPL
Academic Free License
N/A
Programming Language
Lua
Perl
Python
N/A
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
RCS
N/A
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
N/A
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Anyone
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Hosting Features Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
None
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
System Requirements Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
N/A
Root Access
No
No
No
N/A
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
N/A
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
N/A
Datastorage Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
N/A
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
N/A
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
N/A
Oracle
No
No
No
N/A
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
N/A
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
N/A
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
N/A
Other
Git
No
N/A
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
N/A
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
N/A
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
None
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Footnotes
No
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Usability Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Yes
Statistics Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
No
Yes
Output Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik ikiwiki SubWiki BrainKeeper
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
N/A
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
N/A
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
N/A
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
N/A
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Horizontal Rule
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Sputnik remove ikiwiki remove SubWiki remove BrainKeeper