CanvasWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. WikiASP

General Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
Version
1.2.101
6.2.1
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
WackoWiki Team
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
BSD
FREE
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
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
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
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
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Development/Support CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
# 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 WikiASP
Preview
Unknown
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
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
0
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Unknown
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Unknown
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Extras CanvasWiki WackoWiki WikiASP
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 WikiASP
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
**bold**
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
//italics//
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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