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

General Features CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Version
1.2.101
1.13.1
TWiki-6.1.0
1.1.7
0.4.2
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)
2009-12-31 (16 years 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)
2010-04-07 (15 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Poul Staugaard
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Brent P. Newhall, Brennen Bearnes
Pier-Luc Duchaine
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
new BSD License
GPL
Public Domain
GPL V3
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
C# (Full), PHP (Viewer)
Data Storage
Database
other
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Pre-Alpha
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
community/personal
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Small groups and organizations, weblog authors, private users, and wiki-novices.
Private, small and big team
System Requirements CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, *BSD
Windows
Root Access
No
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 Wiki CSharp .NET
Text Files
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
Yes
No
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 Wiki CSharp .NET
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
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
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
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
Common Features CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Features CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Links
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
HTML Tags
All
All
None
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Scripting
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Statistics CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Analysis
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki giewiki TWiki Wala Wiki Wiki CSharp .NET
Internal Link
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
LinkDump, [link dump]
[Internal]
[[Internal][Displayed text]]
External Link
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[http://p1k3.com/ p1k3]
[http://...]
[[http://...][Displayed text]]
Headlines
!Headline
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= headline =
+Header1
++Header2
+++Header3
++++Header4
Bold Format
''Bald''
*bold*
'''bolded'''
*Bold*
Italics Format
//Italy//
_italic_
''italicized''
=Italic=
Underline Format
__Undertow__
<u>underline</u>
_Underline_
Monospace Format
{{{Courier}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
monospaced.
[|Monospace formate|]
Strikethrough Format
--Sorry--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-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.
[$Image file$]
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
-list1
--list2
Numbered Lists
# One
# Two
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# One
# Two
# Three
#list1
##list2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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