LynxWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Zim

General Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Version
1.3.0.0
6.2.1
0.56
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2026-03-03 (30 days ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
WackoWiki Team
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
System Requirements LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
None
Other Requirements
IronPython
mod_rewrite (optional)
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
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
Plugin
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
MariaDB
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
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
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Links LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
HTML Tags
None
All
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
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
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
actions (PHP)
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Optional
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki WackoWiki Zim
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
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]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
##monospace##
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
,,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
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
N/A
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
not implemented
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
N/A
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
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not implemented
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