LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Sputnik vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Version
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
8.08.13
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
Yuri Takhteyev
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
MIT/X
GPLv2
Programming Language
C#
Perl
Lua
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
Small teams or private users
Advanced End Users
System Requirements LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
IronPython
Writable data directory
gcc or Lua
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Git
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Yes
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Links LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
Perl
Lua, JavaScript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
No
Usability LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Unknown
Output LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Extras LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
No
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[Sputnik]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
# Sputnik
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
*bold text*
Italics Format
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
/italics text/
Underline Format
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> Sputnik
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
* Sputnik
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. Sputnik
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
- - -
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