Wicked vs. PhpWiki vs. Sputnik vs. ikiwiki

General Features Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Version
2.0.8
phpwiki-1.3.14
8.08.13
2.67
Last Release Date
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
The Horde Project
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Yuri Takhteyev
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Lua
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Small teams or private users
Anyone
System Requirements Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Text_Wiki from PEAR
various opt. helpers
gcc or Lua
Datastorage Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
None
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
25 different backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
1 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
No
plugins, templates, PHP
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Calendar
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wicked PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Internal Link
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[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
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

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


`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
@@--- strikethrough @@
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
[ 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
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
* list
or
- list
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
# list
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
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Wicked remove PhpWiki remove Sputnik remove ikiwiki