| General Features | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.2.101
|
2.39.3
|
| Last Release Date |
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
|
2026-10-03 (13 days ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-09-01 (18 years ago)
|
2026-10-06 (10 days ago)
|
| Author |
Raymond Camden
|
NetworkDLS
|
| URL | ||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Apache
|
MIT
|
| Programming Language |
ColdFusion
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Mildly technical
|
Small to medium business and personal use.
|
| System Requirements | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS
|
IIS / Kestrel / nginx
|
| Other Requirements |
ColdFusion MX
|
.NET runtime
|
| Datastorage | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
No
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
No
|
| RCS |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Other |
Access, SQL Server
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
yes
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Development/Support | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||
| Issue Tracker | ||
| Mailing List | ||
| Support Forum | ||
| Chat Channel | ||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
47 ⭐
|
| Common Features | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Preview |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
48
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Moldavian, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Detection
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Links | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Freelinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
TightWiki proprietary
|
|
| Content Includes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Section Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Statistics | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Output | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media and Files | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| File Attachments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Filenames only
|
|
| Extras | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Examples | CanvasWiki | TightWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
[[Home, Take me home]] |
| External Link |
|
[[https://Tightwiki.com, Go to TightWiki]] |
| Headlines |
|
==Header ===Sub Header |
| Bold Format |
|
**this is bold** |
| Italics Format |
|
//this is Italic// |
| Underline Format |
|
__this is underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
|
{{Code(bash)
This is syntax highlighted monospace text.
}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
~~this is strikethrough~~ |
| Superscript Format |
|
^^^Large ^^^^Larger ^^^^^Even larger |
| Subscript Format |
|
Would require a plugin. |
| Images |
|
##Image(download.jpg) |
| Aligning Text |
|
{{Blockquote(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}
-or-
{{Figure(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}
|
| Text Indentation |
|
Ony inside bulleted or numbered lists, otherwise would require a plugin. |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
{{Bullets
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}} |
| Numbered Lists |
|
{{Bullets(Ordered)
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}} |
| Definition Lists |
|
Would require a plugin. |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
##HR |
| remove CanvasWiki | remove TightWiki |