Sputnik vs. ikiwiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Friki

General Features Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Version
8.08.13
2.67
6.2.1
2.1.1
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (8 days ago)
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (8 days ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
WackoWiki Team
Frank Carver
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
GPL
BSD
ASL or LGPL
Programming Language
Lua
Perl
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Anyone
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users and small teams
System Requirements Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
OS Independent
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any that can run or call Java
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 1.3 or later
Datastorage Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Optional
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
No
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
No
Special Features Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Optional
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
No
Output Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik ikiwiki WackoWiki Friki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[link text](http://example.org)
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
##monospace##
monospace
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
one
two
:        indented
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* first
* second
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. first
1. second
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
title:        description
Horizontal Rule
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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