Sputnik vs. Oddmuse vs. ikiwiki

General Features Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Version
8.08.13
2.3.13
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Alex Schroeder
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Lua
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
family people, hackers
Anyone
System Requirements Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Any, or none
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
Writable data directory
Datastorage Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
None (use your web server instead)
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
No
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
Perl
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik Oddmuse ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[internal]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
# Sputnik
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
no example known
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* one
** two
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
- - -
Depending on plugins:
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Sputnik remove Oddmuse remove ikiwiki