LynxWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Hatta vs. ikiwiki

General Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Version
1.3.0.0
0.12.0
1.6.6
2.67
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2015-08-29 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
legolas558
Radomir Dopieralski
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPLv2
GPL v2
GPL
Programming Language
C#
JavaScript
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users
Anyone
System Requirements LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOSX
Any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
Standalone, WSGI, FastCGI, CGI
Any, or none
Other Requirements
IronPython
JavaScript-capable browser
Mercurial
Datastorage LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Optional
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Yes
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Plain text files in Mercurial repository, with SQLite index
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Supports per-page AES encryption
n/a
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#wiki at freenode.net
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Italian
15
Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
1
English
Email notification
No
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Links LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
HTML Tags
None
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Yes
Scripting
IronPython
JavaScript
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Usability LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
No
Output LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick Hatta ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[WoaS test page]]
[[link]]
[[link|label]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|label]]
[[http://example.com|{{image}}]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
= h1 =
== h2 ==
...
===== h5 =====
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold text*
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italics_
/italics text/
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
+underlined+
_underlined text_
n/a
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
{{{verbatim}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
n/a
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
n/a
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
n/a
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
[[Image::woas.png]]
{{image}}
{{image|alt}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
N/A
n/a
Text Indentation
N/A
n/a
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* list
** sublist
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
n/a
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
N/A
n/a
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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