CanvasWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Instiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Zim

General Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Version
1.2.101
2.67
0.30.0
2.3.13
0.12.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Alex Schroeder
legolas558
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Perl
Ruby on Rails
Perl
JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Anyone
general, education
family people, hackers
Advanced End Users
Private users, small teams
System Requirements CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Any, or none
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
None
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Writable data directory
JavaScript-capable browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
Access, SQL Server
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Supports per-page AES encryption
File permissions
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
506 ⭐
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Preview
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Interface Languages
0
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, Italian
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
No
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Links CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Plugin
All
None
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
No
Optional
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
None
Perl
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Usability CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Statistics CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Output CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Extras CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
No
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki ikiwiki Instiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick Zim
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
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
[[WoaS test page]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[another site](http://example.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://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold text*
**bold**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
_italic_, *italic*
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
/italics text/
//italic//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
_underlined text_
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^{sup}
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
_{sub}
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[Image::woas.png]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
no example known
not implemented
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term
: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
***
Depending on plugins:
----
----
not implemented
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