WikkaWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Version
1.4.2
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Wikka Development Team
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
any (platform-independent)
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
any server with PHP/MySQL support
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
IronPython
Datastorage WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
No
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WikkaWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
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 WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
Email notification
Patch
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
Links WikkaWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Yes
Syntax Features WikkaWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Some
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Usability WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Patch
No
Auto Signature
Patch
No
Statistics WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Patch
No
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Patch
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files WikkaWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Presentations
No
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikkaWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
 
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 ==
 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
//italic//
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
__underlined__
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
##monospaced##
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
++Strike through text++
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
 
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Images 
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
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