Anwiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. MoasdaWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.67
1.3.0.0
3.9.1
5.1.21
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)
2019-07-25 (6 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)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Herbert Reiter
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL
Apache License 2.0
AGPL-3.0-only
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
C#
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Free
0
Development status
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
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Any
Windows
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Any
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Built-in
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
IronPython
Java VM 17+
A common browser
Datastorage Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
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
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
8581 ⭐
Common Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Output Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
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://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.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
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
##italic##
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
__underlined__
__underline__
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@@
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
~~striked through~~
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
~~subscript~~
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}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
N/A
{{center}}centered text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
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
* 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
# 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}}
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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