Instiki vs. LynxWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Version
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
6.2.1
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
OS Independent
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
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 WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
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
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
Plugin
Links Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
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 WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
All
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
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
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 WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples Instiki LynxWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
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
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_
//italics//
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
+underlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
water: H~2~O
,,subscript,,
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
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
N/A
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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

> blockquote
N/A
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
term
: definition
N/A
{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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