CanvasWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Zim

General Features CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Version
1.2.101
2.3.13
0.56
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Alex Schroeder
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
family people, hackers
Private users, small teams
System Requirements CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Anything supporting CGI scripts
None
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Writable data directory
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
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
No
Plugin
Other
Access, SQL Server
No
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Page Permissions
No
Yes
No
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
File permissions
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Preview
Unknown
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
0
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Namespaces
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
No
Syntax Features CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
HTML Tags
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Optional
No
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
No
No
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Plugin
No
Scripting
Perl
None
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
No
Usability CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Plugin
No
Statistics CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
No
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Plugin
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
No
Output CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Optional
Optional
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
File Attachments
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki Oddmuse Zim
Internal Link
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
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^{sup}
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
_{sub}
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
no example known
not implemented
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
----
not implemented
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