ProntoWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Version
1.0.1
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2026-10-16 (today)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
C#
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Windows
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
IIS 5+
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
IronPython
Datastorage ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki LynxWiki
# 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 ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Links ProntoWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ProntoWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Some
None
Math formulas
No
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Optional
Yes
Quoting
Optional
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
IronPython
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability ProntoWiki 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 ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
No
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Extras ProntoWiki 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 ProntoWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[pagename]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
{title|url}
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_
Underline Format
__under__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
water: H~2~O
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
N/A
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
N/A
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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