CanvasWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. XWiki vs. Confluence vs. WikiASP

General Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Version
1.2.101
6.2.1
18.2.1
5.2
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2026-04-09 (1 day ago)
2013-08-13 (12 years ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 month ago)
2026-04-09 (1 day ago)
2013-08-22 (12 years ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
WackoWiki Team
XWiki Development Team
Atlassian
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
License
Apache
BSD
LGPL + Free hosting on https://myxwiki.org for individuals/non profit
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
FREE
Programming Language
ColdFusion
PHP
Java
Java
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Enterprise, Workgroups, Developers
Enterprise + Technical Teams
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
Hosting Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
Optional
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
No
N/A
System Requirements CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
OS Independent
Any platform supporting Java 17 or greater
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Servlet 5.0+
Apache Tomcat
IIS
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
Java 17, MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/HSQLDB/etc (JDBC Driver required)
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Text Files
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Other
Access, SQL Server
MariaDB
JDBC Databases and in general any database supported by Hibernate; any custom implementation, as the storage is pluggable. Attachments can be saved on the filesystem
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
XWiki, OpenID Connect, LDAP, custom (Open API), Kerberos, NTLM, Headers, PUMA, SAML, Trusted LDAP, Sun SSO
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Optional
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Development/Support CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
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
40
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
actions (PHP)
velocity, groovy, ruby, jython, generic JSR223 & very powerful API
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Extras CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki WackoWiki XWiki Confluence WikiASP
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
XWiki supports 16+ input syntaxes (e.g. confluence, twiki, docbook, mediawiki, xwiki, markdown, etc), see http://rendering.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#HSupportedSyntaxes for details.

The syntax documented below is XWiki Syntax 2.1 (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax).

[[wiki syntax here>>Space.Page]]
[[Space.Page]]
(Space is optional and is the current space if not specified)
[Page Title]
[Link Title|Page Title#anchor]
[~username]
[^attachment.doc]
WikiWord
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[wiki syntax here>>http://www.xwiki.com]]
http://www.xwiki.com
[http://www.example.com]
[Link Title|http://www.example.com]
[Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= Headline
== Subheadline
=== Sub-subheadline
==== etc..
h1. Top Level Heading
h2. Smaller Heading
h6. Smallest Heading
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
*bold*
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
//italics//
//Italics//
_italics_
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
+underline+
Monospace Format
##monospace##
##monospace##
{{monospace}}
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--Strike--
-strikethrough-
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
~subscript~
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
image:img.png
image:Space.Page@img.png
[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
image:http://some/url/img.png

Starting with the xwiki/2.1 syntax, also:
image:icon:cancel
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

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

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
(% style="... css here..." %)Text
Text Indentation
one
two
Non-semantic text indentation through styling:

(% style="... css here..." %)multi line text

Quotes:

> This is a quoted text
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* List
** list
*** list
* one
** one-two
* two
* three
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Item 1
11. Item 2
111. Item 3
1. Item 4
# one
## one-two
# two
# three
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}
; term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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