Wiclear vs. LynxWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ButorWiki

General Features Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Version
1.0
1.3.0.0
5.1.21
2.2.1
Last Release Date
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
Author
David Jobet
J.W. Davidson
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Aiman Sawan
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2
Apache License 2.0
BSD
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
C#
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users
small organization to enterprise
Individuals, private, small groups
SMB
System Requirements Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Operating System
All
Windows
Any
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache
IIS7 or IIS8
Not required (optional backends available)
Any webserver
Other Requirements
MySql
IronPython
A common browser
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
optional extensions available
None
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
8613 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Optional
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Yes
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
Not at the moment
IronPython
JavaScript
Internal Macros
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Usability Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Plugin
No
Statistics Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Keywords
Extras Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiclear LynxWiki TiddlyWiki ButorWiki
Internal Link
[Title]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
<a href="..."></a>
External Link
[Title|http://url.to/]
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
<a href="..."></a>
Headlines
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
''italic''
_italics_
//italic//
<i>Italics</i>
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
<u>Underline</u>
Monospace Format
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
~~subscript~~
Images
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
N/A
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
N/A
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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