| General Features | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.2.101
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1.13.1
|
TWiki-6.1.0
|
1.1.7
|
| Last Release Date |
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
|
2011-07-21 (14 years ago)
|
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
|
2026-03-05 (1 month ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
|
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
|
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
|
2007-03-28 (19 years ago)
|
| Author |
Raymond Camden
|
Poul Staugaard
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Apache
|
new BSD License
|
GPL
|
Public Domain
|
| Programming Language |
ColdFusion
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Python
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
Perl
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
other
|
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
N/A
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Mildly technical
|
community/personal
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
|
| System Requirements | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
Windows/Mac/Linux
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
Linux, *BSD
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS
|
Google App Engine or SDK
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
Any that supports basic CGI.
|
| Other Requirements |
ColdFusion MX
|
Python 2.5
|
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.
|
| Datastorage | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Other |
Access, SQL Server
|
App Engine
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
diffs
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
Google accounts
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
None; Wala does not authenticate users.
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Development/Support | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel | ||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Preview |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Minor Changes |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
To current
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
1
English |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
1
English |
| Email notification |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Threaded
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Resolution
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Not available
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Links | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Backlinks |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
None
|
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Quoting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Scripting |
JavaScript
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
||
| Content Includes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Section Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS Feeds |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Abbreviations |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| File Attachments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Media Revisions |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
No
|
|
| Extras | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | CanvasWiki | giewiki | TWiki | Wala Wiki |
| Internal Link |
|
TiddlyWiki [[Style library|StyleLib]] [[Plugins|/Plugins]] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
LinkDump, [link dump] |
| External Link |
|
http://appengine.google.com [[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]] |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3] |
| Headlines |
|
!Headline |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
= headline = |
| Bold Format |
|
''Bald'' |
*bold* |
'''bolded''' |
| Italics Format |
|
//Italy// |
_italic_ |
''italicized'' |
| Underline Format |
|
__Undertow__ |
<u>underline</u> |
|
| Monospace Format |
|
{{{Courier}}} |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
monospaced. |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
--Sorry-- |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
|
| Superscript Format |
|
256^^2^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
|
Sub~~script~~ |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
| Images |
|
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>> (Args: file [alignment] [width%]) |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
http://p1k3.com/wheat.png - Image URL to include. |
| Aligning Text |
|
|
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
| Text Indentation |
|
|
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
:Block-quoted text. |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
* One * Two |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* Bullet point * Bullet point |
| Numbered Lists |
|
# One # Two |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
# One # Two # Three |
| Definition Lists |
|
; term : description |
$ Term: Definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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