CanvasWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. SubWiki

General Features CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Version
1.2.101
Pleiades-M45
2.3.13
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
team
Alex Schroeder
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
LGPL
GPL
Academic Free License
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Perl
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
corporate and special interest groups
family people, hackers
System Requirements CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Unix/Linux
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
perl 4 or newer
Writable data directory
Datastorage CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
Access, SQL Server
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Apache
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Preview
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Backlinks
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Perl
None
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Usability CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Output CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
File Attachments
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Keywords
Filenames only
No
Extras CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki KeheiWiki Oddmuse SubWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
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
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
N/A
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
N/A
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
N/A
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
N/A
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
no example known
N/A
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* one
** two
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
Depending on plugins:
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