Friki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Version
2.1.1
2.67
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Java
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
IronPython
Datastorage Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Friki 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
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[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
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
'''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
monospace
`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
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
![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
N/A
Text Indentation
:        indented
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
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
title:        description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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