CanvasWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Version
1.2.101
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.67
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
small + medium sites, development teams
Anyone
System Requirements CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
any
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
none
Datastorage CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Plugin
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Other
Access, SQL Server
no
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Scripting
optional
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Usability CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Patch
No
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
Statistics CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Optional
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Output CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Optional
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''ialic text''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
optional or via css
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
optional or via css
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove CanvasWiki remove ErfurtWiki remove ikiwiki