LynxWiki vs. alphawiki vs. WikyBlog vs. Corendal Wiki

General Features LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Version
1.3.0.0
v.20160608
1.5.4
3.0.2
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2010-04-23 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
2010-04-23 (16 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
marty alain
Josh Schmidt
Thierry Danard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GNU-GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP+Javascript
PHP
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
private users, small teams
Private, Internet Communities
Corporate
System Requirements LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Operating System
Windows
probably every OS
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Windows
Root Access
Yes
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache with PHP support
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Other Requirements
IronPython
MySQL
Java 5.0
Datastorage LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
None
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
No
No
Active Directory or Local Accounts
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
No
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
No
No
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
No
Usability LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Yes
No
Statistics LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
No
Optional
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Extras LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Calendar
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki alphawiki WikyBlog Corendal Wiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
{b I am bold}
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_
{i I am italic}
''italic''
Underline Format
+underlined+
{u I am underline}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
{del I am line-through}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
E = mc{sup 2}
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
N/A
{center I am centered}
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
N/A
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
N/A
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
----
{hr}
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