Hatta vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Version
1.6.6
2.67
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
System Requirements Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Mercurial
IronPython
Writable data directory
Datastorage Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Optional
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
No
Other
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
n/a
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Links Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Perl
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Plugin
Statistics Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
External Link
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[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
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{verbatim}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
![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
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
n/a
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
n/a
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
n/a
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
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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