wxWikiServer vs. Sputnik vs. PukiWiki vs. Wicked

General Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Version
1.5.11c
8.08.13
1.5.1
2.0.8
Last Release Date
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
Yuri Takhteyev
PukiWiki Development Team
The Horde Project
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
MIT/X
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL 2
Programming Language
C++
Lua
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Small teams or private users
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
built-in
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any
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.
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Git
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
None
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
unknown
Yes
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
25 different backends
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Plugin
No
Categories
No
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Links wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Features wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
No
Scripting
no
Lua, JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
No
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
No
Usability wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
No
Statistics wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Printer Friendly
No
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
File Attachments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
No
Extras wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Optional
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer Sputnik PukiWiki Wicked
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[[Sputnik]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
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]]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
Headlines
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
# Sputnik
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
'''italic'''
//italics//
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
N/A
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
@@--- 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
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
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
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
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
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
:term|definition
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
- - -
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