| General Features | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.1.11
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2.67
|
3.2.4
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1.3.0.0
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| Last Release Date |
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
|
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
|
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
|
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
|
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
|
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
|
| Author |
Foswiki Community
|
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Adam Živnéř
|
J.W. Davidson
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
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GPL v2
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Apache License 2.0
|
| Programming Language |
Perl
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Database, Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
0
|
free
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$0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
Anyone
|
advanced users, minimalists
|
small organization to enterprise
|
| System Requirements | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
Any
|
All PHP supported
|
Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
Any, or none
|
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
|
IIS7 or IIS8
|
| Other Requirements |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
IronPython
|
||
| Datastorage | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
caching of content into database using plugins
|
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
MS Membership and Roles
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
118 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
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
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Plugin
|
Discussion Pages
|
Plugin
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
None
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BBCode Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
JavaScript (plugin)
|
IronPython
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Section Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
Contents
|
| Extras | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Foswiki | ikiwiki | LionWiki | LynxWiki |
| Internal Link |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
[[internal]] |
[Main page] [Our main page|Main page] |
CamelCase "display text":DisplayText |
| External Link |
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
[link text](http://example.org) |
http://lionwiki.0o.cz [Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz] |
http://www.wikimatrix.org "Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org "this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com |
| Headlines |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
!H2 headline !!H3 headline |
!!Header 2 !!!Header 3 !!!!!!Header 6 |
| Bold Format |
*bold* |
**bold** __bold__ |
'''bold'' |
*bold* '''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
_italic_ |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
''italics'' |
_italics_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underline</u> |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
'__underline__' |
+underlined+ |
| Monospace Format |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
`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 |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
'--strikethrough--' |
-strikethrough- |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
|
superscript^234^ |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
|
water: H~2~O |
| Images |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
  |
[path_to_img.jpg] |
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg] http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
|
N/A |
| Text Indentation |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
|
N/A |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* Fruit ** Apple *** Granny smith *** Golden delicious ** Orange * Vegetables ** Garlic ** Onion |
* first bullet (8 spaces) * first sub item bullet * second item |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
# First item ## First subitem ### First subsubitem ## Second subitem # Second item |
1. first numbered item 1. second item |
| Definition Lists |
$ Term: Definition |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
|
N/A |
| Horizontal Rule |
--- |
--- *** ___ ------------------ Any number > 3 - - - - - - - - - - spaces don't matter |
---- |
---- |
| remove Foswiki | remove ikiwiki | remove LionWiki | remove LynxWiki |