Zim vs. LynxWiki

General Features Zim LynxWiki
Version
0.56
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2013-08-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (14 years ago)
2013-08-29 (13 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Python
C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements Zim LynxWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
None
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
IronPython
Datastorage Zim LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam Zim LynxWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support Zim LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zim LynxWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features Zim LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Interface Languages
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links Zim LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features Zim LynxWiki
HTML Tags
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Custom styles
No
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
None
IronPython
Content Includes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability Zim LynxWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics Zim LynxWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output Zim LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Zim LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Zim LynxWiki
Calendar
Yes
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zim LynxWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
 
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
=== Heading ===
 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
//italic//
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
``monospace``
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
~~strike~~
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
^{sup}
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
_{sub}
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
{{./image.png}}
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
not implemented
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
indent with tabs
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
 
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
not implemented
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
not implemented
 
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