Wiki on a Stick vs. TiddlyWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Version
0.12.0
5.1.21
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Andreas Gohr
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
GPL 2
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Individuals, private, small groups
personal, small to medium companies
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
A common browser
IronPython
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
None
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
optional extensions available
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8563 ⭐
4580 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
4
German, English, French, Japanese
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript
Optional, PHP
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick TiddlyWiki DokuWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
*bold text*
''bold''
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
/italics text/
//italic//
//italics//
_italics_
Underline Format
_underlined text_
__underline__
__underlined__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
{{{monospaced}}}
''monospace''
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
water: H~2~O
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Plugin
N/A
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
N/A
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
; term
: description
Plugin
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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