Sputnik vs. ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
8.08.13
2.67
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Lua
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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112 ⭐
Common Features Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Usability Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik ikiwiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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