| General Features | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.67
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2.0.045
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0.1
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1.3.0.0
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| Last Release Date |
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
|
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
|
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
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2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
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2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
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2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
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2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
|
| Author |
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
|
Helmut Leitner
|
Remko Tronçon
|
J.W. Davidson
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
GPL
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GPL
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GPL
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Apache License 2.0
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| Programming Language |
Perl
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Perl
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PHP
|
C#
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| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
other
|
Database, Files
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| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
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$0
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Beta
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
Anyone
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
Private users
|
small organization to enterprise
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| System Requirements | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Operating System |
Any
|
Unix / Linux
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Windows
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
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| Webserver |
Any, or none
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
IIS7 or IIS8
|
|
| Other Requirements |
none
|
Git
|
IronPython
|
|
| Datastorage | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| RCS |
Yes
|
Yes
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No
|
No
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| Other |
Git repositories
|
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
|
MS Membership and Roles
|
||
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Development/Support | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
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No
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No
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Common Features | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
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
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
0
|
1
English |
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
No
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Not available
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| CamelCase |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Optional
|
Some
|
Some
|
None
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
|
IronPython
|
||
| Content Includes |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Usability | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Statistics | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
No
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
No
|
No
|
Contents
|
| Extras | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ikiwiki | ProWiki | WiGit | LynxWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[internal]] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
[InternalLink] |
CamelCase "display text":DisplayText |
| External Link |
[link text](http://example.org) |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
"External link":http://externallink.com |
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 = |
h1. Headline |
!!Header 2 !!!Header 3 !!!!!!Header 6 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** __bold__ |
'''bold''' |
*Bold* |
*bold* '''bold''' |
| Italics Format |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
''italic'' |
_Italics_ |
_italics_ |
| Underline Format |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
<u>underlined</u> |
+underlined+ |
+underlined+ |
| Monospace Format |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
@monospace@ |
[indent single space] @mono space on single line@ @@ start on multiline with end @@ |
| Strikethrough Format |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
-strikethrough- |
-strikethrough- |
| Superscript Format |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
<sup>text</sup> |
^superscript^ |
superscript^234^ |
| Subscript Format |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
<sub>text</sub> |
~subscript~ |
water: H~2~O |
| Images |
  |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
!image.jpg! |
[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] |
>Right-aligned |
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 |
* Bulleted * List ** Sublist |
* 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 |
# Numbered # List ## Sublist |
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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