| General Features | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.56
|
2.67
|
8.08.13
|
| Last Release Date |
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
|
2008-10-17 (18 years ago)
|
2008-08-13 (18 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
|
2008-10-28 (18 years ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
MIT/X
|
| Programming Language |
Python
|
Perl
|
Lua
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Private users, small teams
|
Anyone
|
Small teams or private users
|
| System Requirements | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Any
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
None
|
Any, or none
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
| Other Requirements |
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
gcc or Lua
|
|
| Datastorage | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
Git
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
File permissions
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
Yes
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
Optional
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
No
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
| Extras | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Zim | ikiwiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
[[internal]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
[link text](http://example.org) |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
=== Heading === |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** __bold__ |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
//italic// |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
|
| Monospace Format |
``monospace`` |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
~~strike~~ |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
|
| Superscript Format |
^{sup} |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
_{sub} |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
|
| Images |
{{./image.png}} |
  |
|
| Aligning Text |
not implemented |
|
|
| Text Indentation |
indent with tabs |
|
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
not implemented |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
not implemented |
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