Aneuch vs. CanvasWiki vs. Instiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Version
0.50
1.2.101
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-06-28 (9 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Aaron Graves
Raymond Camden
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
PERL
ColdFusion
Ruby on Rails
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
$0
free
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Mildly technical
general, education
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
System Requirements Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Any
Windows, Linux, Solaris
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Any (only tested on Apache)
Apache, IIS
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
Writable data directory
Datastorage Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Other
None
Access, SQL Server
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Simple
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
89 ⭐
Common Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Special Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Links Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Plugin
All
None
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
None
None
IronPython
Perl
Content Includes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Usability Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Output Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
No
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Aneuch CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
External Link
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
[another site](http://example.com)
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italic//
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
`monospace`
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
{{image.jpg}}
{{image.jpg|alt text}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
term
: definition
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
***
----
Depending on plugins:
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