LynxWiki vs. Roadkill vs. Wiki.js vs. Instiki vs. PageWork vs. DokuWiki

General Features LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Version
1.3.0.0
1.6
2.5.299
0.30.0
0.4.8
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
Last Release Date
2013-08-01 (10 years ago)
27/04/2013
2023-06-02 (10 months ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2010-07-19 (13 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-08-29 (10 years ago)
2013-04-25 (11 years ago)
2023-07-30 (8 months ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2010-10-23 (13 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
Author
J.W. Davidson
C.Small
Nicolas Giard
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Pitt Murmann
Andreas Gohr
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
MS-PL
AGPL-v3
Ruby's
GPLv3
GPL 2
Programming Language
C#
C#
Javascript
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Database, Files, other, RCS
Database
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small organization to enterprise
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Everyone
general, education
Medium-sized sites
personal, small to medium companies
System Requirements LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Operating System
Windows
Windows Server, Ubuntu
All
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS7 or IIS8
IIS, Apache
All
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Any
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
IronPython
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Node.js
Ruby 2.0-2.6
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Datastorage LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Text Files
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
No
Optional
No
No
No
Other
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
SQL Server, MongoDB
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
None
Security/Anti-Spam LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
Proprietary
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Development/Support LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
19117 ⭐
478 ⭐
N/A
3582 ⭐
Common Features LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
3
Czech, English, Polish
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
2
German, English
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
No
No
No
Optional
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Links LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Optional
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
HTML Tags
None
Some
All
All
All
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Scripting
IronPython
none
JS, CSS
None
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Usability LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Output LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Keywords
Filenames only
Extras LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Calendar
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples LynxWiki Roadkill Wiki.js Instiki PageWork DokuWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
[[URL|linkname]]
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
[another site](http://example.com)
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
== Large heading
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
** bold **
**Bold Text**
**bold**
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
Italics Format
_italics_
//italics//
*Italic Text*
_italic_, *italic*
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
//italics//
Underline Format
+underlined+
_underline_
<u>Underline Text</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
This is __underlined__.
__underlined__
Monospace Format
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
{{

monospace

}}
`Monospace Code`
`monospace`
This is %%monospaced%%.
''monospace''
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
~~Strikethrough Text~~
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
This is --not-- important.
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
^Superscript Text^
<sup>superscript</sup>
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
~Subscript Text~
<sub>subscript</sub>
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
Aligning Text
N/A
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
Plugin
Text Indentation
N/A
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* Bullet List
** Sub item
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first numbered item
1. second item
# Numbered list
## Sub item
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
Definition Lists
N/A
term
: definition
: term : definition
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
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