CanvasWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Version
1.2.101
2.67
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Perl
C#
Perl
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Anyone
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
Advanced End Users
System Requirements CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Any
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Any, or none
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
IronPython
Writable data directory
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
No
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
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Unknown
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
IronPython
Perl
JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Usability CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Statistics CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki ikiwiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
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]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.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]]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

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

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
Depending on plugins:
----
----
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