Sputnik vs. PukiWiki vs. SubWiki vs. Wicked

General Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Version
8.08.13
1.5.1
0.1-dev
2.0.8
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
no official
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
PukiWiki Development Team
Greg Stein
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Academic Free License
GPL 2
Programming Language
Lua
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Any
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Other
Git
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
None
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
25 different backends
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Links Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
No
Tables
complex
complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
None
No
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Usability Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Patch
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
HTML Export
No
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Optional
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Wicked
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
Headlines
# Sputnik
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
'''italic'''
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
N/A
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
N/A
{{monospaced}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
N/A
@@--- strikethrough @@
Superscript Format
N/A
N/A
Subscript Format
N/A
N/A
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
N/A
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
N/A
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
:term|definition
N/A
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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