CanvasWiki vs. LynxWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Sputnik

General Features CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Version
1.2.101
1.3.0.0
2.3.13
8.08.13
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
J.W. Davidson
Alex Schroeder
Yuri Takhteyev
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Apache License 2.0
GPL
MIT/X
Programming Language
ColdFusion
C#
Perl
Lua
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
small organization to enterprise
family people, hackers
Small teams or private users
System Requirements CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Windows
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
Root Access
No
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
IIS7 or IIS8
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
IronPython
Writable data directory
gcc or Lua
Datastorage CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
No
Git
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
MS Membership and Roles
None (use your web server instead)
Yes
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
# 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
89 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
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
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
Email notification
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Links CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
InterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
IronPython
Perl
Lua, JavaScript
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Usability CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Section Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Statistics CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
No
Output CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
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 LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Calendar
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki LynxWiki Oddmuse Sputnik
Internal Link
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
[[Sputnik]]
External Link
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
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
Headlines
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
# Sputnik
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
Italics Format
_italics_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
Underline Format
+underlined+
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
[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
-strikethrough-
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
superscript^234^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
water: H~2~O
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
[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
N/A
no example known
Text Indentation
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

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

# one
## two
1. Sputnik
Definition Lists
N/A
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
Depending on plugins:
----
- - -
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