| General Features | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.3.0.0
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1.6
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1.0.1
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0.30.0
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8.08.13
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| Last Release Date |
2013-08-01 (10 years ago)
|
27/04/2013
|
2024-04-19 (1 day ago)
|
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
|
2008-08-12 (15 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2013-08-29 (10 years ago)
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2013-04-25 (10 years ago)
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2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
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2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
|
2009-02-02 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
J.W. Davidson
|
C.Small
|
Clay Alberty
|
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
| License |
Apache License 2.0
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MS-PL
|
BSD
|
Ruby's
|
MIT/X
|
| Programming Language |
C#
|
C#
|
C#
|
Ruby on Rails
|
Lua
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
0
|
Free
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
small organization to enterprise
|
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
|
general, education
|
Small teams or private users
|
|
| System Requirements | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
Windows
|
Windows Server, Ubuntu
|
Windows
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
Yes
|
Yes
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No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
IIS7 or IIS8
|
IIS, Apache
|
IIS 5+
|
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
| Other Requirements |
IronPython
|
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
|
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
Ruby 2.0-2.6
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gcc or Lua
|
| Datastorage | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
|
SQL Server, MongoDB
|
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
Git
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
MS Membership and Roles
|
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
|
.NET Membership platform
|
Yes
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Development/Support | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel | |||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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478 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
3
Czech, English, Polish |
1
English |
1
English |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
| Email notification |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
Discussion Pages
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
None
|
Page Locking
|
None
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Links | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
Some
|
Some
|
All
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Quoting |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
IronPython
|
none
|
None
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Usability | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Output | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
No
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Extras | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | LynxWiki | Roadkill | ProntoWiki | Instiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase "display text":DisplayText |
[[Pagename|linkname]] |
[pagename] |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
http://www.wikimatrix.org "Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org "this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com |
[[URL|linkname]] |
{title|url} |
[another site](http://example.com) |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
!!Header 2 !!!Header 3 !!!!!!Header 6 |
== Large heading |
!, !!, !!! |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
*bold* '''bold''' |
** bold ** |
**bold** |
**bold** |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
_italics_ |
//italics// |
''italics'' |
_italic_, *italic* |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
+underlined+ |
_underline_ |
__under__ |
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
|
| Monospace Format |
[indent single space] @mono space on single line@ @@ start on multiline with end @@ |
{{
monospace
}} |
|
`monospace` |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough- |
|
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
|
| Superscript Format |
superscript^234^ |
|
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
water: H~2~O |
|
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg] http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg |
{{Image.jpg.|title}} |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
|
| Aligning Text |
N/A |
|
available through custom tags |
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
|
| Text Indentation |
N/A |
|
multiple spaces -> |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
* first bullet (8 spaces) * first sub item bullet * second item |
* Bullet List ** Sub item |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
1. first numbered item 1. second item |
# Numbered list ## Sub item |
# ## ### #### |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
N/A |
|
|
term : definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
---- |
---- |
|
*** |
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