ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Version
2.67
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
Perl
C#
Perl
JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
Advanced End Users
System Requirements ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Any
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
IronPython
Writable data directory
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Optional
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Italian
Email notification
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
No
Statistics ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Unknown
Output ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[WoaS test page]]
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.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold text*
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
/italics text/
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
_underlined text_
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 @@
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
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://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
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
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
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