LynxWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. WiGit vs. Git-Wiki

General Features LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Version
1.3.0.0
6.2.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
0.1
1.0
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2025-12-14
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2025-12-13 (today)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL 2
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
PHP
Ruby
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
other
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
personal, small to medium companies
Private users
Private, Public
System Requirements LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
*nix
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Other Requirements
IronPython
mod_rewrite (optional)
Git
Ruby
Datastorage LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Yes
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
MariaDB
None
Git repositories
Git
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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4478 ⭐
N/A
242 ⭐
Common Features LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
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
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
4
Czech, German, English, French
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Plugin
No
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Links LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Custom styles
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Usability LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Output LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki WackoWiki DokuWiki WiGit Git-Wiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[InternalLink]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
h1. Headline
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
**bold**
*Bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
//italics//
//italics//
_Italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
__underlined__
+underlined+
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
##monospace##
''monospace''
@monospace@
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
-strikethrough-
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
!image.jpg!
{{Image.png}}
Aligning Text
N/A
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Plugin
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
N/A
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
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