ikiwiki vs. LionWiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Sputnik

General Features ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Version
2.67
3.2.4
1.3.0.0
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Adam Živnéř
J.W. Davidson
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL v2
Apache License 2.0
MIT/X
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
C#
Lua
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
advanced users, minimalists
small organization to enterprise
Small teams or private users
System Requirements ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Operating System
Any
All PHP supported
Windows
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
IronPython
gcc or Lua
Datastorage ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Git
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
# 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 LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
CamelCase
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript (plugin)
IronPython
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
No
Extras ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Calendar
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki LionWiki LynxWiki Sputnik
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
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
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
# Sputnik
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold''
*bold*
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italics''
_italics_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
'__underline__'
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
'--strikethrough--'
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[path_to_img.jpg]
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
N/A
Text Indentation
N/A
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Sputnik
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
----
- - -
remove ikiwiki remove LionWiki remove LynxWiki remove Sputnik