Wikidot vs. ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Version
2.67
8.08.13
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Michal Frackowiak
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPLv3
GPL
MIT/X
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Lua
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Anyone
Small teams or private users
Individuals, private, small groups
Hosting Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Storage Quota
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
no limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
by Terms Of Service
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
A common browser
Datastorage Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Polish
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Syntax Features Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Output Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
No
Extras Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikidot ikiwiki Sputnik TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
+++ headline level 3
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic text//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underlined text__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospaced text}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough text--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
[[image src="..."]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
= Centered line
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
> Sputnik
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# element 1
# element 1
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: item : description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
----
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