Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Version
8.08.13
5.1.21
2.67
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
System Requirements Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
Datastorage Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
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
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8557 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik TiddlyWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
- - -
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Sputnik remove TiddlyWiki remove ikiwiki