Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki

General Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Version
8.08.13
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
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
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Development/Support Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8580 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik TiddlyWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
_italic_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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