Anwiki vs. CanvasWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. Sputnik

General Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Version
0.2.5
1.2.101
1.5.1
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (12 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Raymond Camden
PukiWiki Development Team
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
Apache
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
MIT/X
Programming Language
PHP
ColdFusion
PHP
Lua
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Files
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
One theme, one PukiWiki
Small teams or private users
System Requirements Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Windows, Linux, Solaris
OS independent
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, CGI, Xavante
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.
gcc or Lua
Datastorage Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki 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
No
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Access, SQL Server
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Git
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Yes
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Preview
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
0
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Links Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Patch
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Features Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Tables
none
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Quoting
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Usability Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Section Editing
No
Unknown
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Unknown
No
No
Toolbar
No
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Access Keys
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
No
No
Statistics Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
No
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
No
No
Output Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
No
Unknown
No
No
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
File Attachments
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Blogs
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki CanvasWiki PukiWiki Sputnik
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
# Sputnik
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
''bold''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
'''italic'''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
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
> 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>
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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