Sputnik vs. PukiWiki vs. SubWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Version
8.08.13
1.5.1
0.1-dev
0.61
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
no official
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
PukiWiki Development Team
Greg Stein
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
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
GPLv2
Programming Language
Lua
PHP
Python
Python
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
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
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
Zope
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.
Datastorage Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
Git
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Patch
Development/Support Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
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
Yes
Special Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
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
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Optional
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
None
DTML
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Usability Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Patch
Toolbar
Plugin
Patch
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Yes
Statistics Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
# Sputnik
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
'''italic'''
''italic''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
N/A
Monospace Format
N/A
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
N/A
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
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
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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