Hatta vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Version
1.6.6
2.67
1.3.0.0
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPLv2
Programming Language
Python
Perl
C#
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users
System Requirements Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
Mercurial
IronPython
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
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
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
1
English
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
None
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Unknown
Output Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Hatta ikiwiki LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[WoaS test page]]
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://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold text*
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
/italics text/
Underline Format
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
_underlined text_
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 @@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
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
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
n/a
N/A
Text Indentation
n/a
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
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
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
n/a
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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