CanvasWiki vs. Corendal Wiki vs. ikiwiki vs. MojoMojo vs. WikkaWiki

General Features CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Version
1.2.101
3.0.2
2.67
1.02
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2010-08-30 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2010-04-23 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2010-09-01 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Thierry Danard
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL
GPL
Artistic License
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Java
Perl
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
FREE
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Corporate
Anyone
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Unix / Windows
Any
Any OS that runs Perl
any (platform-independent)
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server
Any, or none
Has its own server; can run with any web server
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Java 5.0
Catalyst
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Text Files
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory or Local Accounts
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
1
English
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
0
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Links CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Syntax Features CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Patch
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
No
Patch
Statistics CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Patch
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Patch
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Output CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
Patch
PDF Export
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Yes
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki Corendal Wiki ikiwiki MojoMojo WikkaWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[another page]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
__underlined__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Textile: ^superscript^
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Textile: ~subscript~
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
Aligning Text
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation
Textile:
> text
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* an item
* another item
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# item 1
# item 2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
<hr />
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