Anwiki vs. CanvasWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Version
0.2.5
1.2.101
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Raymond Camden
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
Apache
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
ColdFusion
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
Mildly technical
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Windows, Linux, Solaris
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Access, SQL Server
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
0
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
No
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
No
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Unknown
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Usability Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Unknown
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Unknown
No
Toolbar
No
Unknown
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Unknown
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
Statistics Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
Output Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Optional
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Unknown
No
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
''bold''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
'''italic'''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
N/A
Images
<img src=""/>
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
N/A
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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