WackoWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. PBwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Sputnik

General Features WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Version
6.2.1
phpwiki-1.3.14
N/A
2.67
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (3 months ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
N/A
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-04-25 (1 month ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
PBworks
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
N/A
GPL
MIT/X
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
N/A
Perl
Lua
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
N/A
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Any
Business Enterprises
Anyone
Small teams or private users
Hosting Features WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
N/A
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
N/A
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
various opt. helpers
N/A
gcc or Lua
Datastorage WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Text Files
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
N/A
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
N/A
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
N/A
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
N/A
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
N/A
Git
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
N/A
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, templates, PHP
Javascript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Output WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki PhpWiki PBwiki ikiwiki Sputnik
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.externallink.com]
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
//italics//
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospace##
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
one
two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Indented block
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* list
or
- list
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# list
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Term:<def>
def
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
remove WackoWiki remove PhpWiki remove PBwiki remove ikiwiki remove Sputnik