Instiki vs. MojoMojo vs. CanvasWiki vs. DokuWiki

General Features Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Version
0.30.0
1.02
1.2.101
2025-05-14b "Librarian"
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2010-08-30 (16 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2025-09-09 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2010-09-01 (16 years ago)
2008-09-01 (18 years ago)
2026-03-25 (6 months ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Raymond Camden
Andreas Gohr
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
Artistic License
Apache
GPL 2
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Perl
ColdFusion
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
FREE
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
Mildly technical
personal, small to medium companies
System Requirements Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Any OS that runs Perl
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Has its own server; can run with any web server
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Catalyst
ColdFusion MX
Datastorage Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Oracle
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Access, SQL Server
None
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Optional
Development/Support Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
504 ⭐
N/A
N/A
4726 ⭐
Common Features Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
0
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Comments
No
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Links Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Syntax Features Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Textile Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Scripting
None
JavaScript
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Usability Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Statistics Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Analysis
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Output Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Calendar
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Instiki MojoMojo CanvasWiki DokuWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[another page]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
Bold Format
**bold**
Markdown: **bold**

Textile: *bold*
**bold**
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
_italics_
//italics//
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Textile: _underline_
Markdown: use HTML
__underlined__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
Markdown:
`command line example`

Textile:
@command line example@
''monospace''
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Textile: ^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Textile: ~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Markdown:
![alt text](/image/path "title text")

Textile:
!http://example.com/image.png!
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Textile:
< right
> left
= center
<> justify
Plugin
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Textile:
> text
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* an item
* another item
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# item 1
# item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
***
<hr />
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