PukiWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features PukiWiki LynxWiki
Version
1.5.1
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2013-08-01 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2013-08-29 (10 years ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements PukiWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
OS independent
Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
IronPython
Datastorage PukiWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PukiWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features PukiWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links PukiWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
IronPython
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Usability PukiWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Statistics PukiWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Output PukiWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PukiWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras PukiWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PukiWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
''bold''
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
'''italic'''
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
%%%underlined%%%
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
N/A
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
%%strikethrough%%
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
N/A
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
N/A
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
:term|definition
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
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