General Features | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
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Version |
0.30.0
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8.08.13
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2.3.33
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Last Release Date |
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
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2008-08-12 (15 years ago)
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2024-04-20 (26 days ago)
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Last Update here |
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
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2009-02-02 (15 years ago)
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2024-04-21 (25 days ago)
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Author |
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
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Yuri Takhteyev
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Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
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URL | |||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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License |
Ruby's
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MIT/X
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GPL2+
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Programming Language |
Ruby on Rails
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Lua
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PHP
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Data Storage |
Database
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Database, Files, RCS
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Files
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
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0
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0
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Intended Audience |
general, education
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Small teams or private users
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All
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System Requirements | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
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Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
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Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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Root Access |
No
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No
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No
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Webserver |
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
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Apache, CGI, Xavante
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Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
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Other Requirements |
Ruby 2.0-2.6
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gcc or Lua
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none
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Datastorage | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Text Files |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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MySQL |
Yes
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Plugin
|
Plugin
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PostgreSQL |
Yes
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No
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No
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Oracle |
Plugin
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No
|
No
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SQLite |
Yes
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Plugin
|
Plugin
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BerkeleyDB |
No
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No
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No
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RCS |
No
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No
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Plugin
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Other |
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
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Git
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Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
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Security/Anti-Spam | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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ACL |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Authentication Backends |
Yes
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Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
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Host Blocking |
Yes
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No
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Optional
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Mail Encryption |
Unknown
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No
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Optional
|
nofollow |
Unknown
|
No
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Yes
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Blacklist |
Yes
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No
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Optional
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CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
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Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
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No
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Optional
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Development/Support | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
# of Consultants | |||
Preconfigured Hosting |
No
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No
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Yes
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Code Repository | |||
Issue Tracker | |||
Mailing List | |||
Support Forum | |||
Chat Channel | |||
Stars on GitHub |
478 ⭐
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N/A
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N/A
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Common Features | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Preview |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Minor Changes |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Change Summary |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Page History |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Page Revisions |
Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Revision Diffs |
Between all
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Between all
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Between all
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Sitemap |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Plugin System |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Special Features | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Unicode Support |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
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Unknown
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Optional
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Interface Languages |
1
English |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
Email notification |
No
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Yes
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Optional
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Comments |
No
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No
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Discussion Pages
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Categories |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Namespaces |
No
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No
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Yes
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Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
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None
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Conflict Resolution
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Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Yes
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Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Structured Data |
No
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Yes
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Yes
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Links | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
CamelCase |
Optional
|
Plugin
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Optional
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Freelinks |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Backlinks |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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InterWiki |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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SisterWiki |
No
|
No
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Plugin
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Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Windows Shares |
No
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No
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Yes
|
Page Redirects |
Yes
|
No
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Yes
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Syntax Features | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
Plugin
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Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
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Tables |
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
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CREOLE support |
No
|
No
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Optional
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Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
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Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
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BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
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Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
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Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
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Optional
|
Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Scripting |
None
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Lua, JavaScript
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MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
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Content Includes |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
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Usability | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
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Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Toolbar |
No
|
Plugin
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Optional
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WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
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Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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Statistics | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
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Optional
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Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
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Optional
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Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
No
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Recent Visitors |
No
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No
|
Plugin
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Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
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Output | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Printer Friendly |
Print View
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No
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Print View
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Mobile Friendly |
Yes
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No
|
Yes
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Themes & Skins |
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
RSS Feeds |
No
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Yes
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Optional
|
ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
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Optional
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Abbreviations |
Yes
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No
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Plugin
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Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
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Optional
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Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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HTML Export |
Yes
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No
|
Plugin
|
XML export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Office Export |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Plugin
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Media and Files | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
File Attachments |
Yes
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Yes
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Optional
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Media Revisions |
No
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Yes
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Optional
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Embedded Flash |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Embedded Video |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
SVG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
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MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Media Search |
No
|
No
|
Filenames only
|
Extras | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Calendar |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
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Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Forums |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Blogs |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
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Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
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Syntax Examples | Instiki | Sputnik | PmWiki |
Internal Link |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
External Link |
[another site](http://example.com) |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
http://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
Headlines |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
# Sputnik |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
Bold Format |
**bold** |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
'''bold''' |
Italics Format |
_italic_, *italic* |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
''italic'' |
Underline Format |
underlined {: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
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{+underlined+} |
Monospace Format |
`monospace` |
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@@monospace@@ |
Strikethrough Format |
<del>strikethrough</del> strikethrough {: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
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{-strikethrough-} |
Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
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'^superscript^' |
Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
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'_subscript_' |
Images |
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg), [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
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https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
Aligning Text |
p{: style='text-align:left'} p{: style='text-align:right'} p{: style='text-align:center'} p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
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%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
Text Indentation |
p {: style='margin-left:3em'} > blockquote |
> Sputnik |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Sputnik |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
1. Sputnik |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
Definition Lists |
term : definition |
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: term : definition |
Horizontal Rule |
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