WackoWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Version
6.1.29
2.67
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2025-09-03 (2 months ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-10-13 (1 month ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
C#
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
IronPython
Datastorage WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
29
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Yes
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[link text](http://example.org)
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 ======
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
N/A
Text Indentation
one
two
N/A
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
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