CanvasWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Version
1.2.101
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
2.67
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Public Domain (!)
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
small + medium sites, development teams
Anyone
family people, hackers
System Requirements CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
any
Any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
anything with PHP support
Any, or none
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
none
Writable data directory
Datastorage CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Links CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
optional
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Patch
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Statistics CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Output CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Optional
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki ErfurtWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
[[internal]]
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
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

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

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
optional or via css
no example known
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
** two
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
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
Depending on plugins:
----
remove CanvasWiki remove ErfurtWiki remove ikiwiki remove Oddmuse