LynxWiki vs. Wicked vs. Zim

General Features LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Version
1.3.0.0
2.0.8
0.56
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2017-09-21 (8 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-15 (7 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
The Horde Project
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL 2
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
Private users, small teams
System Requirements LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Operating System
Windows
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Any
None
Other Requirements
IronPython
Text_Wiki from PEAR
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
None
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
25 different backends
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki Wicked Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
1 ⭐
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki Wicked 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
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese
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
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links LynxWiki Wicked Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
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
No
No
Syntax Features LynxWiki Wicked Zim
HTML Tags
None
None
None
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
No
No
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
No
None
Content Includes
Yes
No
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
No
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki Wicked Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Calendar
No
Optional
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Optional
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Wicked Zim
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[a Link]
[namespace:link]
[link With a Title]
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
[http://example.com]
[http://example.com With a Title]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
+ Level 1 Heading
++ Level 2 Heading
+++ Level 3 Heading
++++ Level 4 Heading
+++++ Level 5 Heading
++++++ Level 6 Heading
=== 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^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
_{sub}
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
local.jpg
http://foo.bar/baz.jpg
[http://foo.bar/baz.jpg Alt text]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
N/A
not implemented
Text Indentation
N/A
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Bullet one
* Sub-bullet
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# Numero uno
# Number two
# Sub-item
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
N/A
: Item 1 : Something
: Item 2 : Something else
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
not implemented
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