GWiki vs. CanvasWiki vs. WackoWiki

General Features GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Version
2.4.0
1.2.101
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (8 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2008-09-01 (18 years ago)
2026-07-18 (2 months ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
Raymond Camden
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Apache
BSD
Programming Language
Java
ColdFusion
PHP
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Mildly technical
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Windows, Linux, Solaris
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache, IIS
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
Unknown
No
Oracle
Yes
Unknown
No
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Plugin
Unknown
No
Other
Google Datastore
Access, SQL Server
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
55 ⭐
Common Features GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
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 GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
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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
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Links GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Patch
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
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
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Usability GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Unknown
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Unknown
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Statistics GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
Yes
Analysis
No
Unknown
Plugin
Output GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Unknown
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Patch
Media and Files GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Patch
Syntax Examples GWiki CanvasWiki WackoWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
[http://example.com]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
//italics//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
,,subscript,,
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
one
two
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
{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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