Sputnik vs. PukiWiki vs. Wicked

General Features Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Version
8.08.13
1.5.1
2.0.8
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
PukiWiki Development Team
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL 2
Programming Language
Lua
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP 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 Wicked
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Git
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
None
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
25 different backends
Host Blocking
No
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
No
Syntax Features Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
No
Content Includes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Calendar
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Optional
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Optional
No
Blogs
No
Optional
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Sputnik PukiWiki 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 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
'''italic'''
//italics//
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
N/A
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
@@--- strikethrough @@
Superscript Format
N/A
Subscript Format
N/A
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
:term|definition
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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