Wicked vs. BrainKeeper vs. PBwiki vs. Sputnik vs. ikiwiki

General Features Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Version
2.0.8
N/A
N/A
8.08.13
2.67
Last Release Date
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
N/A
N/A
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
The Horde Project
BrainKeeper, Inc.
PBworks
Yuri Takhteyev
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
N/A
N/A
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
N/A
Lua
Perl
Data Storage
Database
N/A
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Business Enterprises
Small teams or private users
Anyone
Hosting Features Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Operating System
Any
N/A
N/A
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Any
N/A
N/A
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Text_Wiki from PEAR
N/A
N/A
gcc or Lua
Datastorage Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Text Files
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
N/A
N/A
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
N/A
N/A
No
No
Oracle
Yes
N/A
N/A
No
No
SQLite
Yes
N/A
N/A
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
RCS
No
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
Other
None
N/A
N/A
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
25 different backends
N/A
N/A
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
1 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
1
English
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Threaded
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
No
Javascript
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
No
Statistics Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
Output Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wicked BrainKeeper PBwiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Internal Link
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
[http://www.externallink.com]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
@@+++ underline @@
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<code>monospace</code>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
@@--- strikethrough @@
-strikethrough-
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<left>, <center>, <right>
Text Indentation
Indented block
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. Sputnik
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
<dl>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Wicked remove BrainKeeper remove PBwiki remove Sputnik remove ikiwiki