LynxWiki vs. TWiki

General Features LynxWiki TWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements LynxWiki TWiki
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
IronPython
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage LynxWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support LynxWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Links LynxWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features LynxWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
IronPython
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability LynxWiki TWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Output LynxWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras LynxWiki TWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki TWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format 
*bold*
'''bold'''
 
*bold*
Italics Format 
_italics_
 
_italic_
Underline Format 
+underlined+
 
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format 
-strikethrough-
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format 
superscript^234^
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format 
water: H~2~O
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text 
N/A
 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
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
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists 
N/A
 
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule 
----
 
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