ikiwiki vs. ProWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Version
2.67
2.0.045
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Helmut Leitner
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix / Linux
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
none
IronPython
Datastorage ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Links ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki ProWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
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
---------
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
_italics_
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
N/A
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* 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
# numbered list
## numbered list
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term: definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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