wxWikiServer vs. Sputnik vs. PukiWiki

General Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Version
1.5.11c
8.08.13
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
Yuri Takhteyev
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
MIT/X
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
C++
Lua
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Small teams or private users
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
built-in
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
gcc or Lua
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Git
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
unknown
Yes
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
no
Lua, JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
Statistics wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
No
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
No
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[[Sputnik]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
# Sputnik
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
'''italic'''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
N/A
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
N/A
Subscript Format
N/A
Images
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
] centred text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
> Sputnik
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
* two.1
* Sputnik
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
1. Sputnik
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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