CanvasWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wikidot

General Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Version
1.2.101
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.67
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
Michal Frackowiak
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
AGPLv3
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
Perl
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
$0
free
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
small + medium sites, development teams
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
Hosting Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
no limit
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
by Terms Of Service
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
System Requirements CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
any
Any
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
anything with PHP support
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
none
IronPython
Writable data directory
Datastorage CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Text Files
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Other
Access, SQL Server
no
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
No
No
Yes
Development/Support CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Polish
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
None
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
optional
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Perl
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Recent Changes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Output CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
Optional
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
File Attachments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wikidot
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
**bold**
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold text**
Italics Format
''ialic text''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic text//
Underline Format
optional or via css
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
,,subscript,,
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
optional or via css
N/A
no example known
= Centered line
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 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
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
Depending on plugins:
----
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