ProWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features ProWiki LynxWiki
Version
2.0.045
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (20 years ago)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements ProWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Unix / Linux
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
none
IronPython
Datastorage ProWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam ProWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support ProWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features ProWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links ProWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ProWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Some
None
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability ProWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics ProWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output ProWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras ProWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
'''bold'''
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
''italic''
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
<u>underlined</u>
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
<tt>monospace</tt>
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
[[strike]strikethrough text]
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
<sup>text</sup>
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
<sub>text</sub>
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]

[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
: indented line
:: indented line
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
# numbered list
## numbered list
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
; term: definition
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
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