ButorWiki vs. LynxWiki vs. PageWork

General Features ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Version
2.2.1
1.3.0.0
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Aiman Sawan
J.W. Davidson
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
Apache License 2.0
GPLv3
Programming Language
Java
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
SMB
small organization to enterprise
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Operating System
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Windows
Any
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Any
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
IronPython
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Patch
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None
MS Membership and Roles
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Yes
Development/Support ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Special Features ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Optional
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
All
None
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Internal Macros
IronPython
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Output ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
No
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Keywords
Extras ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ButorWiki LynxWiki PageWork
Internal Link
<a href="..."></a>
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
<a href="..."></a>
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Headlines
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
<b>Bold</b>
*bold*
'''bold'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
<i>Italics</i>
_italics_
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
<u>Underline</u>
+underlined+
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
This is %%monospaced%%.
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
This is --not-- important.
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
Aligning Text
N/A
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Text Indentation
N/A
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
N/A
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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