ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. mobiki

General Features ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Version
2.67
1.3.0.0
2016-06-26
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2016-06-26 (9 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Martin D�ring
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
MIT
Programming Language
Perl
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
Text centric websites and mobile use
System Requirements ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Operating System
Any
Windows
any
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
any
Other Requirements
IronPython
PHP 5.4+
Datastorage ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
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
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
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 mobiki
# 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 mobiki
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
No
Special Features ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
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 mobiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
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
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki LynxWiki mobiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[Internal Link]
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://mobiki.datenbrei.de
[Text|http://mobiki.datenbrei.de]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
!Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
''italics''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
n/a
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 @@
n/a
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
n/a
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
n/a
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
n/a
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
http://image.png
image:example.jpg
images:imagefolder
Aligning Text
N/A
___
aligned text
___
Text Indentation
N/A
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
- One
- Two
* One
* Two
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
0. One
0. Two
0. Three
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
n/a
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
---
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