Instiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features Instiki LynxWiki
Version
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements Instiki LynxWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
Datastorage Instiki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Development/Support Instiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki LynxWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features Instiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Instiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
None
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Instiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Instiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
No
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Instiki LynxWiki
Calendar
No
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
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