LynxWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
Windows
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
IronPython
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki WikkaWiki
# 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 WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
Email notification
No
Patch
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Links LynxWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Patch
Syntax Features LynxWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
IronPython
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Patch
Auto Signature
No
Patch
Statistics LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
Patch
Analysis
No
Yes
Output LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Patch
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Media and Files LynxWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Yes
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
Forums
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples LynxWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
 
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
 
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
 
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format 
*bold*
'''bold'''
 
**bold**
Italics Format 
_italics_
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
+underlined+
 
__underlined__
Monospace Format 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
 
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format 
-strikethrough-
 
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format 
superscript^234^
 
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format 
water: H~2~O
 
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
 
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text 
N/A
 
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists 
N/A
 
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule 
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