LynxWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. ProWiki vs. Wicked vs. Zwiki

General Features LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Version
1.3.0.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.0.045
2.0.8
0.61
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Helmut Leitner
The Horde Project
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
GPL 2
GPLv2
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Any
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Operating System
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
Any
any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Any
Zope
Other Requirements
IronPython
various opt. helpers
none
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Datastorage LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
None
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
25 different backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Patch
Development/Support LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
1 ⭐
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Links LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Some
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Optional
Scripting
IronPython
plugins, templates, PHP
No
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Usability LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
No
No
Patch
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Filenames only
Extras LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki PhpWiki ProWiki Wicked Zwiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
//italics//
Underline Format
+underlined+
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
@@+++ underline @@
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>monospace</tt>
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
@@--- strikethrough @@
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
Aligning Text
N/A
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
N/A
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* list
or
- list
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# list
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
Definition Lists
N/A
Term:<def>
def
; term: definition
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
Horizontal Rule
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