Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
IronPython
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Links Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
<img src=""/>
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
N/A
Text Indentation
N/A
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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