LynxWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features LynxWiki PukiWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements LynxWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Windows
OS independent
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
IronPython
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage LynxWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
Links LynxWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features LynxWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
IronPython
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Usability LynxWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Patch
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output LynxWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras LynxWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
*bold*
'''bold'''
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
_italics_
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
+underlined+
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
 
N/A
Strikethrough Format 
-strikethrough-
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
superscript^234^
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
water: H~2~O
 
N/A
Images 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text 
N/A
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
N/A
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
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