LynxWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wikepage vs. wxWikiServer

General Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Version
1.3.0.0
6.2.1
2008.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2008-10-14 (17 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2008-10-24 (17 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
WackoWiki Team
Jose Carlos Medeiros
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
C#
PHP
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small groups
End users/Desktop
System Requirements LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent
Platform Independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Server Independent
built-in
Other Requirements
IronPython
mod_rewrite (optional)
n/a
None
Datastorage LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Special Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
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
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Links LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
None
All
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
actions (PHP)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
No
Output LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
No
Extras LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki WackoWiki Wikepage wxWikiServer
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
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://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
**Bold**
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
_italics_
//italics//
''Italic''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
__Underline__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
##monospace##
With a space in front of the text
start line with blank space.
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
n/a
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
n/a
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
,,subscript,,
n/a
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
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
Aligning Text
N/A
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
n/a
] centred text
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
n/a
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* one
* two
* two.1
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


n/a
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
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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