| General Features | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.2.101
|
6.2.0
|
1.0.1
|
| Last Release Date |
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
|
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
|
2026-02-06 (today)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
|
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
|
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
| Author |
Raymond Camden
|
WackoWiki Team
|
Clay Alberty
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Apache
|
BSD
|
BSD
|
| Programming Language |
ColdFusion
|
PHP
|
C#
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Mildly technical
|
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
|
| System Requirements | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
OS Independent
|
Windows
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
IIS 5+
|
| Other Requirements |
ColdFusion MX
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
| Datastorage | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
Access, SQL Server
|
MariaDB
|
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
.NET Membership platform
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
55 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Preview |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
||
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| 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 |
1
English |
| Email notification |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
No
|
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Namespaces |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
||
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Links | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| InterWiki |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Windows Shares |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple
|
none
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Footnotes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Quoting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
||
| Content Includes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Usability | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Section Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Recent Visitors |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Output | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
||
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Raw Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| HTML Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| File Attachments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
||
| Extras | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | CanvasWiki | WackoWiki | ProntoWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
[pagename] |
| External Link |
|
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
{title|url} |
| Headlines |
|
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
!, !!, !!! |
| Bold Format |
|
**bold** |
**bold** |
| Italics Format |
|
//italics// |
''italics'' |
| Underline Format |
|
__underline__ |
__under__ |
| Monospace Format |
|
##monospace## |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
|
--strikethrough-- |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
| Superscript Format |
|
^^superscript^^ |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
| Subscript Format |
|
vvsubscriptvv |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
| Images |
|
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
| Aligning Text |
|
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
available through custom tags |
| Text Indentation |
|
one two |
multiple spaces -> |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
*one **One-two *two *three |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
| Numbered Lists |
|
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
# ## ### #### |
| Definition Lists |
|
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
|
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