CanvasWiki vs. giewiki vs. MediaWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wala Wiki vs. Wiki CSharp .NET vs. WikiASP

General Features CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Version
1.2.101
1.13.1
1.32.2
TWiki-6.1.0
1.1.7
0.4.2
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2011-07-21 (14 years ago)
2019-06-06 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2026-03-05 (1 month ago)
2009-12-31 (16 years ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2019-06-21 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
2010-04-07 (15 years ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Poul Staugaard
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Pier-Luc Duchaine
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
new BSD License
GPL
GPL
Public Domain
GPL V3
FREE
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Python
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
C# (Full), PHP (Viewer)
ASP
Data Storage
Database
other
Database
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Pre-Alpha
Beta
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
community/personal
End Users/Desktop, Education
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Private, small and big team
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Windows/Mac/Linux
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, *BSD
Windows
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Google App Engine or SDK
Any with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any that supports basic CGI.
IIS
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Python 2.5
none
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Depends on "diff" for revision tracking. Atom feeds are available with XML::Atom::SimpleFeed.
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Text Files
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Other
Access, SQL Server
App Engine
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
diffs
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Google accounts
Yes
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
No
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Special Features CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
0
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
InterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Image Links
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
None
All
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Scripting
JavaScript
Optional
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Patch
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Contents
No
No
Extras CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki giewiki MediaWiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikiASP
Internal Link
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
[Internal]
[[Internal][Displayed text]]
WikiWord
External Link
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
[http://example.org The title]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
[http://...]
[[http://...][Displayed text]]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
!Headline
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= headline =
+Header1
++Header2
+++Header3
++++Header4
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
''Bald''
'''bold'''
*bold*
'''bolded'''
*Bold*
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
//Italy//
''italic''
_italic_
''italicized''
=Italic=
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__Undertow__
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
_Underline_
Monospace Format
{{{Courier}}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
monospaced.
[|Monospace formate|]
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--Sorry--
<s>strikethrough</s>
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-Strike-
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
256^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
Sub~~script~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
[[Image:wiki.png]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include.
[$Image file$]
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
<center>Centered</center>
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
: indented line
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:Block-quoted text.
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
* One
* Two
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bullet point
* Bullet point
-list1
--list2
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# One
# Two
# Three
#list1
##list2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
; term
: description
; term : definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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