Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
8.08.13
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
Optional
SQLite
Plugin
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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112 ⭐
Common Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Optional
Usability Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Optional
Statistics Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
__bold__
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
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
: description
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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