LynxWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. LionWiki

General Features LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
6.1.29
3.2.4
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2025-09-03 (3 months ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
WackoWiki Team
Adam Živnéř
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL v2
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
advanced users, minimalists
System Requirements LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent
All PHP supported
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Other Requirements
IronPython
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Links LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
actions (PHP)
JavaScript (plugin)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki WackoWiki LionWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
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://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold''
Italics Format
_italics_
//italics//
''italics''
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
'__underline__'
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
'--strikethrough--'
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
vvsubscriptvv
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
[path_to_img.jpg]
Aligning Text
N/A
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
Definition Lists
N/A
{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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