giewiki vs. CanvasWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Version
1.13.1
1.2.101
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2011-07-21 (15 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Last Update here
2011-08-14 (14 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
Author
Poul Staugaard
Raymond Camden
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
new BSD License
Apache
BSD
Programming Language
Python
ColdFusion
PHP
Data Storage
other
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
community/personal
Mildly technical
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows/Mac/Linux
Windows, Linux, Solaris
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Google App Engine or SDK
Apache, IIS
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Python 2.5
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
App Engine
Access, SQL Server
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Google accounts
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Plugin
Links giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
No
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
No
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
JavaScript
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
Yes
Usability giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Toolbar
No
Unknown
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Yes
Statistics giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
Output giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Unknown
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples giewiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
TiddlyWiki
[[Style library|StyleLib]]
[[Plugins|/Plugins]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://appengine.google.com
[[AppEngine|http://appengine.google.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
!Headline
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
''Bald''
**bold**
Italics Format
//Italy//
//italics//
Underline Format
__Undertow__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{Courier}}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--Sorry--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
256^^2^^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
Sub~~script~~
,,subscript,,
Images
<<image /Solnedgang.jpg < 60%>>
(Args: file [alignment] [width%])
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

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


Definition Lists
; term
: description
{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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