LynxWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiki-Toolkit vs. wxWikiServer

General Features LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Version
1.3.0.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
6.2.1
0.72
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2006-08-31 (19 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2006-12-05 (19 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
WackoWiki Team
Dominic Hargreaves
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
BSD
GPL/Artistic
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
Perl
C++
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
Free
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Any
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Wiki Developers
End users/Desktop
System Requirements LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Operating System
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
Anything that runs Perl
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Anything with CGI support
built-in
Other Requirements
IronPython
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Plugin Interface
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#wiki-toolkit on irc.perl.org
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
None
Some
All
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
IronPython
plugins, templates, PHP
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Usability LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Statistics LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Output LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Patch
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
No
No
Extras LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki PhpWiki WackoWiki Wiki-Toolkit wxWikiServer
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
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 ]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
**bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
_italics_
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italics//
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
+underlined+
<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>


##monospace##
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
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
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
N/A
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
] centred text
Text Indentation
N/A
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
one
two
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* list
or
- list
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# list
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
N/A
Term:<def>
def
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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