Aneuch vs. CanvasWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wikidot

General Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Version
0.50
1.2.101
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-06-28 (9 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Aaron Graves
Raymond Camden
Alex Schroeder
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
Apache
GPL
AGPLv3
Programming Language
PERL
ColdFusion
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
free
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Mildly technical
family people, hackers
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Operating System
Any
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any (only tested on Apache)
Apache, IIS
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Writable data directory
Datastorage Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
Yes
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Other
None
Access, SQL Server
No
Security/Anti-Spam Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Page Permissions
No
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Simple
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Development/Support Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Preview
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Polish
Email notification
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Links Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
None
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Scripting
None
Perl
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Section Editing
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Statistics Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Output Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Unknown
Yes
No
XML export
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Aneuch CanvasWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Internal Link
[[Page]]
[[Page|page description]]
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
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
[[http://www.google.com/]]
[[http://www.google.com/|Google]]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
= H1 =
= H1
=== H3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic text//
Underline Format
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
,,subscript,,
Images
{{image.jpg}}
{{image.jpg|alt text}}
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
no example known
= Centered line
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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