| General Features | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.2.5
|
1.2.101
|
2.1.11
|
8.08.13
|
| Last Release Date |
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
|
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
|
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
|
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
|
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
|
2026-03-15 (3 months ago)
|
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Antoine Walter
|
Raymond Camden
|
Foswiki Community
|
Yuri Takhteyev
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL 3
|
Apache
|
GPL
|
MIT/X
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
ColdFusion
|
Perl
|
Lua
|
| Data Storage |
Database, Files
|
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
$0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
|
Mildly technical
|
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
|
Small teams or private users
|
| System Requirements | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, probably others
|
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
|
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, probably others with PHP support
|
Apache, IIS
|
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
|
Apache, CGI, Xavante
|
| Other Requirements |
ColdFusion MX
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
gcc or Lua
|
|
| Datastorage | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Text Files |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
|
Access, SQL Server
|
caching of content into database using plugins
|
Git
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
Yes
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
4 ⭐
|
N/A
|
118 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| 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 |
Restricted by Age or Number
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian |
0
|
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian |
| Email notification |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
None
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
||
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Links | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| CamelCase |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
Some
|
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
|
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
|
Lua, JavaScript
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Usability | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
No
|
||
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| File Attachments |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
No
|
|
| Extras | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Calendar |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Anwiki | CanvasWiki | Foswiki | Sputnik |
| Internal Link |
<a href="en/home">go home</a> |
|
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
[[Sputnik]] |
| External Link |
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a> |
|
External Link http://foswiki.org/ autolink [[http://foswiki.org/][label]] |
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org) |
| Headlines |
<h1>Title</h2> <h2>Subtitle</h2> ... |
|
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
# Sputnik |
| Bold Format |
<b>bold</b> |
|
*bold* |
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__ |
| Italics Format |
<i>italic</i> |
|
_italic_ |
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_ |
| Underline Format |
<u>underline</u> |
|
<u>underline</u> |
|
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
|
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
<del>strikethrough</del> |
|
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
|
| Superscript Format |
<sup>Anwiki</sup> |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
<sub>Anwiki</sub> |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
<img src=""/> |
|
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}% |
|
| Aligning Text |
<center>anwiki</center> |
|
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
|
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
> Sputnik |
| Bulleted Lists |
<ul> <li>item</li> <li>item</li> </ul> |
|
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Sputnik |
| Numbered Lists |
<ol> <li>item</li> <li>item</li> </ol> |
|
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
1. Sputnik |
| Definition Lists |
<dl> <dt>item</dt> <dt>item</dt> </dl> |
|
$ Term: Definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
<hr/> |
|
--- |
- - - |
| remove Anwiki | remove CanvasWiki | remove Foswiki | remove Sputnik |