SubWiki vs. Sputnik vs. ProWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Version
0.1-dev
8.08.13
2.0.045
0.9.1
Last Release Date
no official
2008-08-13 (18 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
Author
Greg Stein
Yuri Takhteyev
Helmut Leitner
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Academic Free License
MIT/X
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Lua
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
GPL / none
Development status
Alpha
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
average to advanced users
System Requirements SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Unix / Linux
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
apache
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
none
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Other
No
Git
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
builtin
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Special Features SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
No
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Links SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
No
Tables
none
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
No
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
None
Lua, JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Usability SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
No
Output SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
No
No
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
No
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
No
No
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples SubWiki Sputnik ProWiki PodWiki
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
# Sputnik
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold'''
B<bold>
Italics Format
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
I<italics>
Underline Format
N/A
<u>underlined</u>
via html only
Monospace Format
{{monospaced}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
N/A
[[strike]strikethrough text]
via html only
Superscript Format
N/A
<sup>text</sup>
via html only
Subscript Format
N/A
<sub>text</sub>
via html only
Images
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
N/A
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
N/A
> Sputnik
: indented line
:: indented line
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Sputnik
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Sputnik
# numbered list
## numbered list
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
N/A
; term: definition
via html only
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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