LynxWiki vs. PageWork vs. WikyBlog

General Features LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Version
1.3.0.0
0.4.8
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Pitt Murmann
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPLv3
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Medium-sized sites
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Operating System
Windows
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Any
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
IronPython
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
MySQL
Datastorage LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Proprietary
No
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
No
Interface Languages
1
English
2
German, English
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
No
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
HTML Tags
None
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
IronPython
No
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Keywords
No
Extras LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki PageWork WikyBlog
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[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
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italics_
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
''italic''
Underline Format
+underlined+
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
This is --not-- important.
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
N/A
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
N/A
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
N/A
: term : definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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