LynxWiki vs. Zim

General Features LynxWiki Zim
Version
1.3.0.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
C#
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Private users, small teams
System Requirements LynxWiki Zim
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
None
Other Requirements
IronPython
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage LynxWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features LynxWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Interface Languages
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
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Links LynxWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features LynxWiki Zim
HTML Tags
None
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
IronPython
None
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability LynxWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output LynxWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras LynxWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Zim
Internal Link 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
 
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage
External Link 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
 
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
 
=== Heading ===
Bold Format 
*bold*
'''bold'''
 
**bold**
Italics Format 
_italics_
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
+underlined+
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
 
``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
 
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text 
N/A
 
not implemented
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
 
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
 
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists 
N/A
 
not implemented
Horizontal Rule 
----
 
not implemented
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