Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. mobiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
1.3.0.0
3.9.1
2016-06-26
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Herbert Reiter
Martin D�ring
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
Apache License 2.0
AGPL-3.0-only
MIT
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
C#
Java
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
personal usage, small teams
Text centric websites and mobile use
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Windows
Any platform with Java VM 17+
any
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Built-in
any
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
IronPython
Java VM 17+
PHP 5.4+
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
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
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
None
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
No
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
0
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
No
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
None
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Links Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
All
None
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
No
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
No
No
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
No
No
Output Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
No
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki mobiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[Internal Link]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
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
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
http://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
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
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
!Headline
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
##italic##
''italics''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
__underlined__
n/a
%%%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 @@
@@monospace font@@
n/a
N/A
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
~~striked through~~
n/a
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
n/a
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
n/a
N/A
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
{{image:wiki.png}}
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
N/A
{{center}}centered text
___
aligned text
___
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
N/A
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
n/a
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
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
n/a
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
---
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