GWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features GWiki LynxWiki
Version
2.4.0
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (8 years ago)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (8 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Java
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements GWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
IronPython
Datastorage GWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Other
Google Datastore
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support GWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
Common Features GWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features GWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Links GWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Math formulas
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability GWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Statistics GWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output GWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras GWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_Italic format_
_italics_
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
+underlined+
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
water: H~2~O
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
N/A
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
N/A
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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