WikkaWiki vs. PBwiki vs. PhpWiki vs. Sputnik vs. ikiwiki

General Features WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Version
1.4.2
N/A
phpwiki-1.3.14
8.08.13
2.67
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
N/A
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2010-08-16 (15 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
PBworks
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
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
PHP
Lua
Perl
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Business Enterprises
Any
Small teams or private users
Anyone
Hosting Features WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
No
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
N/A
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Any, or none
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
N/A
various opt. helpers
gcc or Lua
Datastorage WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Text Files
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
N/A
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
N/A
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
Other
No
N/A
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Git
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
N/A
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Yes
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
N/A
No
No
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Links WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
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
Yes
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Javascript
plugins, templates, PHP
Lua, JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
No
Access Keys
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Patch
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Output WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Patch
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Extras WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki PBwiki PhpWiki Sputnik ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[Sputnik]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
# Sputnik
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italic//
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
##monospaced##
<code>monospace</code>
<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
++Strike through text++
-strikethrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>above</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>below</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
[ 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
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
<left>, <center>, <right>
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Indented block
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* list
or
- list
* Sputnik
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# Number #1
# Number #2
# 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
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
<dl>
</dl>
Term:<def>
def
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
----
- - -
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove WikkaWiki remove PBwiki remove PhpWiki remove Sputnik remove ikiwiki