Friki vs. WikiNi vs. ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. Zim vs. Wikepage

General Features Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Version
2.1.1
0.5.0
2.67
8.08.13
0.56
2008.1
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (22 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (18 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
Jaap Karssenberg
Jose Carlos Medeiros
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl
Lua
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
End Users/Desktop, Education
Anyone
Small teams or private users
Private users, small teams
Private users, small groups
System Requirements Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Linux, Windows, OSX
Platform Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
None
Server Independent
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
gcc or Lua
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
n/a
Datastorage Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other
Git
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
File permissions
Host Blocking
Patch
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Patch
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
1
French
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
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
0
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
No
No
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Unknown
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Links Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Optional
Some
None
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
none
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Usability Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
No
No
Statistics Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
No
Output Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki WikiNi ikiwiki Sputnik Zim Wikepage
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
External Link
[[ ]]
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
=== Heading ===
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
Bold Format
'''bold''
** **
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
**bold**
**Bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
// //
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
//italic//
''Italic''
Underline Format
__ __
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__Underline__
Monospace Format
monospace
## ##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
``monospace``
With a space in front of the text
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
~~strike~~
n/a
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^{sup}
n/a
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
_{sub}
n/a
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{./image.png}}
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
Aligning Text
not implemented
n/a
Text Indentation
:        indented
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
> Sputnik
indent with tabs
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1)
1)
1)
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
n/a
Definition Lists
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
not implemented
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