TWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features TWiki LynxWiki
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (8 years ago)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements TWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
IronPython
Datastorage TWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Development/Support TWiki 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 TWiki 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
Yes
No
Special Features TWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Links TWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features TWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability TWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics TWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output TWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files TWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras TWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples TWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6

!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
*bold*

*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
_italic_
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
<u>underline</u>
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
$ Term: Definition
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
---
 
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