CanvasWiki vs. Instiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Version
1.2.101
0.30.0
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Ruby's
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Ruby on Rails
C#
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
general, education
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
System Requirements CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
Yes
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Ruby 2.0-2.6
IronPython
Writable data directory
Datastorage CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
506 ⭐
N/A
89 ⭐
Common Features CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Preview
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
No
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
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
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Links CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
All
None
Plugin
Math formulas
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
None
IronPython
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Output CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
No
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki Instiki LynxWiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
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
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
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
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
[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>
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[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)
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
term
: definition
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
***
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Depending on plugins:
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