CanvasWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Version
1.2.101
2.67
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Perl
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Anyone
family people, hackers
System Requirements CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Any
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Any, or none
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Writable data directory
Datastorage CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
0
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Links CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Plugin
Statistics CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Output CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Optional
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Optional
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki ikiwiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[internal]]
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
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
no example known
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

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