Instiki vs. WikiNi vs. MojoMojo vs. CanvasWiki

General Features Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Version
0.30.0
0.5.0
1.02
1.2.101
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2010-08-30 (16 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2010-09-01 (16 years ago)
2008-09-01 (18 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Marcus Ramberg et al. (open-source)
Raymond Camden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
Artistic License
Apache
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Perl
ColdFusion
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
FREE
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
End Users/Desktop, Education
Wiki, CMS, Blog users
Mildly technical
System Requirements Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any OS that runs Perl
Windows, Linux, Solaris
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
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Catalyst
ColdFusion MX
Datastorage Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Text Files
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Plugin
No
Patch
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Access, SQL Server
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Host Blocking
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
504 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
French
11
Catalan, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian
0
Email notification
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Comments
No
Threaded
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Patch
Yes
Unknown
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
None
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Usability Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Toolbar
No
Patch
Yes
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Patch
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Statistics Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Output Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
XML export
No
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
No
Extras Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki WikiNi MojoMojo CanvasWiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[another page]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
[[ ]]
Markdown:
[Link text](http://example.com)

Textile:
"link text":http://example.com
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Mardown:
#Heading 1

Textile:
h1. Heading 1
Bold Format
**bold**
** **
Markdown: **bold**

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

Textile:
@command line example@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
@@ @@
Textile:
normal text -striked- normal text
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Textile: ^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Textile: ~subscript~
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!
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
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Textile:
> text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
-
-
-
* an item
* another item
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1)
1)
1)
# item 1
# item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Textile:
dl. title:data goes here
Horizontal Rule
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