Instiki vs. LynxWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Version
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
small organization to enterprise
Any
System Requirements Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
various opt. helpers
Datastorage Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Special Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Patch
Links Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
None
IronPython
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
No
No
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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
 
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
_italics_
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
+underlined+
 
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
-strikethrough-
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
superscript^234^
 
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
water: H~2~O
 
<sub>below</sub>
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
 
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
N/A
 
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
N/A
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
 
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
 
# list
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
N/A
 
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule 
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