LynxWiki vs. ProntoWiki

General Features LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2013-08-01 (10 years ago)
2024-05-02 (1 day ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (10 years ago)
2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
BSD
Programming Language
C#
C#
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Operating System
Windows
Windows
Root Access
Yes
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
IronPython
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support LynxWiki ProntoWiki
# 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 LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
No
Special Features LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Links LynxWiki ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features LynxWiki ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
No
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LynxWiki ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Extras LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LynxWiki ProntoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[pagename]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
{title|url}
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
''italics''
Underline Format
+underlined+
__under__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
N/A
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
N/A
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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