Zwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Zim

General Features Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Version
0.61
1.3.0.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
J.W. Davidson
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Python
C#
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
small organization to enterprise
Private users, small teams
System Requirements Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Operating System
any
Windows
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Zope
IIS7 or IIS8
None
Other Requirements
IronPython
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
MS Membership and Roles
File permissions
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
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
Email notification
Yes
No
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
None
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Patch
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
No
No
FAQ Tags
Optional
Yes
No
Scripting
DTML
IronPython
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
No
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Calendar
Unknown
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zwiki LynxWiki Zim
Internal Link
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
_{sub}
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
N/A
not implemented
Text Indentation
N/A
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
N/A
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
not implemented
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