ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Version
2.67
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Ruby on Rails
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
general, education
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
Datastorage ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Links ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
IronPython
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Instiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
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
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
N/A
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
***
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------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
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