LynxWiki vs. Wiki.js

General Features LynxWiki Wiki.js
Version
1.3.0.0
2.5.316
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
2026-10-01 (16 days ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
2026-10-03 (14 days ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Nicolas Giard
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
AGPL-v3
Programming Language
C#
Javascript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, other, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Everyone
System Requirements LynxWiki Wiki.js
Operating System
Windows
All
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
All
Other Requirements
IronPython
Node.js
Datastorage LynxWiki Wiki.js
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Optional
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Wiki.js
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Development/Support LynxWiki Wiki.js
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features LynxWiki Wiki.js
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Wiki.js
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
Links LynxWiki Wiki.js
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features LynxWiki Wiki.js
HTML Tags
None
All
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
IronPython
JS, CSS
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability LynxWiki Wiki.js
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Optional
Statistics LynxWiki Wiki.js
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
Optional
Output LynxWiki Wiki.js
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files LynxWiki Wiki.js
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras LynxWiki Wiki.js
Calendar
No
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Wiki.js
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**Bold Text**
Italics Format
_italics_
*Italic Text*
Underline Format
+underlined+
<u>Underline Text</u>
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
`Monospace Code`
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
~~Strikethrough Text~~
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^Superscript Text^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
~Subscript Text~
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
N/A
Text Indentation
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
Definition Lists
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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