LynxWiki vs. wxWikiServer vs. Zim vs. Zwiki

General Features LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Version
1.3.0.0
1.5.11c
0.56
0.61
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Ryan Norton
Jaap Karssenberg
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
C#
C++
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
NA
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
End users/Desktop
Private users, small teams
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Operating System
Windows
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, Windows, OSX
any
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
built-in
None
Zope
Other Requirements
IronPython
None
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
Yes
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Text Files with index in SQLite
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
unknown
File permissions
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Patch
Development/Support LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
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
0
Email notification
No
No
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
HTML Tags
None
All
None
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
No
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Optional
Scripting
IronPython
no
None
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Usability LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
No
No
Output LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Extras LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki wxWikiServer Zim Zwiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
''' bold text '''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
'' italic text ''
//italic//
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
start line with blank space.
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
-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
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
N/A
] centred text
not implemented
Text Indentation
N/A
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
* two
* two.1
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
N/A
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
remove LynxWiki remove wxWikiServer remove Zim remove Zwiki