Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Version
8.08.13
5.1.21
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
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
No
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
optional extensions available
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8574 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Links Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
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
Patch
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Optional
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
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik TiddlyWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
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//
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
N/A
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
N/A
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
N/A
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
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
: description
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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