Sputnik vs. GWiki vs. TWiki vs. PageWork

General Features Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Version
8.08.13
2.4.0
TWiki-6.1.0
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2008-08-12 (15 years ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2010-07-19 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-02 (15 years ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2010-10-23 (13 years ago)
Author
Yuri Takhteyev
Roger Rene Kommer
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT/X
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
GPLv3
Programming Language
Lua
Java
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
N/A
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small teams or private users
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, CGI, Xavante
All Java Servlet Container, included
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
Java 1.8+
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
Git
Google Datastore
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
Internal and external with adapter
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Proprietary
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Development/Support Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
No
Optional
Interface Languages
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
2
German, English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
All
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Lua, JavaScript
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
No
Output Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Extras Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Sputnik GWiki TWiki PageWork
Internal Link
[[Sputnik]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[http://example.com]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
# Sputnik
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
*Bold Format*
*bold*
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
_Italic format_
_italic_
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
<u>underline</u>
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* Sputnik
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. Sputnik
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
- - -
----
---
---
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