CanvasWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. ErfurtWiki

General Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Version
1.2.101
6.2.0
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
WackoWiki Team
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
BSD
Public Domain (!)
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
OS Independent
any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
none
Datastorage CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Text Files
Unknown
No
Plugin
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Plugin
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
Plugin
RCS
Unknown
No
Plugin
Other
Access, SQL Server
MariaDB
no
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Patch
Development/Support CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Interface Languages
0
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Plugin
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Optional
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
optional
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Usability CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
No
Statistics CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
No
Output CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Optional
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Optional
PDF Export
Unknown
Patch
Optional
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki WackoWiki ErfurtWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold text__
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italics//
''ialic text''
Underline Format
__underline__
optional or via css
Monospace Format
##monospace##
==monospaced text==
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
optional or via css
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript text^^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
optional or via css
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[link to the image.jpg]
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
optional or via css
Text Indentation
one
two
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
Horizontal Rule
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