Instiki vs. LynxWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wikepage vs. wxWikiServer

General Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Version
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.2.1
2008.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
GPL
BSD
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
C#
PHP
PHP
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
small organization to enterprise
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small groups
End users/Desktop
System Requirements Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Platform Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Server Independent
built-in
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
n/a
None
Datastorage Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
All
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Scripting
None
IronPython
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Output Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
No
No
Extras Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Calendar
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
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 ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
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 ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
**Bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
''Italic''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
+underlined+
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__Underline__
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>


##monospace##
With a space in front of the text
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
-strikethrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
n/a
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
superscript^234^
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
n/a
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
water: H~2~O
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
n/a
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
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.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
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
n/a
] centred text
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
n/a
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


n/a
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
term
: definition
N/A
Term:<def>
def
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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