LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wikidot

General Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Version
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
AGPLv3
Programming Language
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
free
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Operating System
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
IronPython
Writable data directory
Datastorage LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
Development/Support LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Polish
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
IronPython
Perl
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Calendar
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
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
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
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
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold text**
Italics Format
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic 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>
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
,,subscript,,
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 src="..."]]
Aligning Text
N/A
no example known
= Centered line
Text Indentation
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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