ikiwiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. LionWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Version
2.67
Pleiades-M45
3.2.4
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
team
Adam Živnéř
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
LGPL
GPL v2
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
corporate and special interest groups
advanced users, minimalists
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix/Linux
All PHP supported
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
IronPython
Datastorage ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Apache
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Links ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
JavaScript (plugin)
IronPython
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki KeheiWiki LionWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
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
---------
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold''
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italics''
_italics_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'__underline__'
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'--strikethrough--'
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
water: H~2~O
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
[path_to_img.jpg]
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* 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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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