SubWiki vs. Sputnik vs. JSPWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.1-dev
8.08.13
2.11.0
5.1.21
Last Release Date
no official
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Greg Stein
Yuri Takhteyev
Apache Software Foundation
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Academic Free License
MIT/X
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Python
Lua
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Alpha
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
all
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
A common browser
Datastorage SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Plugin
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Optional
No
Oracle
No
No
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Optional
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other
No
Git
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Yes
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comments
No
No
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
None
Lua, JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Usability SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Statistics SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Output SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
No
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
Extras SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples SubWiki Sputnik JSPWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
__bold__
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italics''
//italic//
Underline Format
N/A
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospaced}}
{{monospace}}
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
N/A
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
N/A
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
~~subscript~~
Images
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
N/A
%%(text-align: right) text %%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
> Sputnik
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
N/A
;term:definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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