Friki vs. LynxWiki vs. PageWork

General Features Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Version
2.1.1
1.3.0.0
0.4.8
Last Release Date
2004-05-14 (21 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
J.W. Davidson
Pitt Murmann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or 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
private users and small teams
small organization to enterprise
Medium-sized sites
System Requirements Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Windows
Any
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
IIS7 or IIS8
Any
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
IronPython
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage Friki 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 Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Proprietary
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support Friki 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 Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Special Features Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Optional
Interface Languages
0
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
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 Friki LynxWiki PageWork
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Optional
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Friki LynxWiki PageWork
HTML Tags
None
None
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Optional
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
IronPython
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
No
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Friki LynxWiki PageWork
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Keywords
Extras Friki 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 Friki LynxWiki PageWork
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
External Link
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
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
Bold Format
'''bold''
*bold*
'''bold'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
Underline Format
+underlined+
This is __underlined__.
Monospace Format
monospace
[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
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[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
:        indented
N/A
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
Definition Lists
title:        description
N/A
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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