LynxWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. WackoWiki

General Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
0.12.0
6.2.0
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
legolas558
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPLv2
BSD
Programming Language
C#
JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Advanced End Users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows
OS Independent (Browser Application)
OS Independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
IronPython
JavaScript-capable browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Supports per-page AES encryption
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Italian
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
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Links LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
HTML Tags
None
All
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
IronPython
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
Output LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Optional
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Wiki on a Stick WackoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[WoaS test page]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
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]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
*bold text*
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
/italics text/
//italics//
Underline Format
+underlined+
_underlined text_
__underline__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
vvsubscriptvv
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
[[Image::woas.png]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
N/A
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
N/A
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


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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