| General Features | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.3.0.0
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2.5.8
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2008.1
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| Last Release Date |
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
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2026-03-09 (25 days ago)
|
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
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2026-03-09 (25 days ago)
|
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
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2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
|
| Author |
J.W. Davidson
|
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
|
Jose Carlos Medeiros
|
Michal Frackowiak
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| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
Apache License 2.0
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GPL2+
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GPL
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AGPLv3
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| Programming Language |
C#
|
PHP
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PHP
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| Data Storage |
Database, Files
|
Files
|
Files
|
Database
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| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
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0
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0
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Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
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| Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
small organization to enterprise
|
All
|
Private users, small groups
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companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
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| Hosting Features | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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no limit
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| Other Limits |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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max uploaded file size limit
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| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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by Terms Of Service
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| Corporate Branding |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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| Own Domain |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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| Ads allowed |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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| System Requirements | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Operating System |
Windows
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Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Platform Independent
|
|
| Root Access |
Yes
|
No
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No
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No
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| Webserver |
IIS7 or IIS8
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
|
Server Independent
|
|
| Other Requirements |
IronPython
|
none
|
n/a
|
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| Datastorage | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
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Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
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| Security/Anti-Spam | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
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| Authentication Backends |
MS Membership and Roles
|
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
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| Host Blocking |
Yes
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Optional
|
No
|
Yes
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| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
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| nofollow |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Development/Support | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
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Yes
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No
|
Yes
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| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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| Common Features | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
None
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
No
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
0
|
2
English, Polish |
| Email notification |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
Threaded
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
None
|
Page Locking
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
Plugin
|
None
|
None
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
IronPython
|
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
|
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Usability | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
No
|
Print View
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
No
|
| Extras | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Calendar |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | LynxWiki | PmWiki | Wikepage | Wikidot |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase "display text":DisplayText |
[[page name]] [[page name | link text]] [[link text -> page name]] [[#anchor]] [[#anchor|link to anchor]] [[page name #anchor]] |
[Link_type] [http://externallink.com] |
[[[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://.... [[http://... | link text]] [[link text -> http://...]] |
[http://externallink.com/|click] [http://externallink.com/|picture.gif] |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
| Headlines |
!!Header 2 !!!Header 3 !!!!!!Header 6 |
! Level 1 !!#anchor Level 2 !!! Level 3 |
! Biggest !! Smaller !!! Smallest |
+++ headline level 3 |
| Bold Format |
*bold* '''bold''' |
'''bold''' |
**Bold** |
**bold text** |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
''italic'' |
''Italic'' |
//italic text// |
| Underline Format |
+underlined+ |
{+underlined+} |
__Underline__ |
__underlined text__ |
| Monospace Format |
[indent single space] @mono space on single line@ @@ start on multiline with end @@ |
@@monospace@@ |
With a space in front of the text |
{{monospaced text}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
{-strikethrough-} |
n/a |
--strikethrough text-- |
| Superscript Format |
superscript^234^ |
'^superscript^' |
n/a |
^^superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
water: H~2~O |
'_subscript_' |
n/a |
,,subscript,, |
| Images |
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg] http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg |
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption |
[image.gif] [http://externalimage.com/image.gif] |
[[image src="..."]] |
| Aligning Text |
N/A |
%center% centered text %right% right aligned %lfloat% left floating text %rfloat% right floating text %rframe% right floating frame %lframe% left floating frame |
n/a |
= Centered line |
| Text Indentation |
N/A |
-> indented text --> more indentation -< hanging text --< more indentation |
n/a |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
| Bulleted Lists |
* first bullet (8 spaces) * first sub item bullet * second item |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 alternatively, indented: * item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
* Bullet1 * Bullet2 |
* element 1 * element 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. first numbered item 1. second item |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 alternatively, indented: # Item 1 # Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
n/a |
# element 1 # element 1 |
| Definition Lists |
N/A |
: term : definition |
|
: item : description |
| Horizontal Rule |
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