ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. MoasdaWiki

General Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Version
2.67
1.3.0.0
3.9.1
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Herbert Reiter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
AGPL-3.0-only
Programming Language
Perl
C#
Java
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
personal usage, small teams
System Requirements ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Operating System
Any
Windows
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Built-in
Other Requirements
IronPython
Java VM 17+
Datastorage ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
N/A
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
2
German, English
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
No
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki LynxWiki MoasdaWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
External Link
[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.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
##italic##
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
__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 @@
@@monospace font@@
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
~~striked through~~
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
Images
![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:wiki.png}}
Aligning Text
N/A
{{center}}centered text
Text Indentation
N/A
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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