PodWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features PodWiki LynxWiki
Version
0.9.1
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements PodWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Unix
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
apache
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
IronPython
Datastorage PodWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features PodWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links PodWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
BBCode Support
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Perl
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability PodWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics PodWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output PodWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras PodWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
L<http://www.daemon.de>
 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
=head1 The Weather
 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
B<bold>
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
I<italics>
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
via html only
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
put a space in front of monospaced text
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
via html only
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
via html only
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
via html only
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
G<logo.png>
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
via stylesheet only
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
via stylesheet only
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
via html only
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
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