| General Features | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.0.1
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6.2.0
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0.30.0
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phpwiki-1.3.14
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1.2.101
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| Last Release Date |
2026-01-30 (today)
|
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
|
2019-03-01 (6 years ago)
|
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
|
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
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2019-03-04 (6 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
|
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
Clay Alberty
|
WackoWiki Team
|
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
Raymond Camden
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
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Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| License |
BSD
|
BSD
|
Ruby's
|
GPL
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Apache
|
| Programming Language |
C#
|
PHP
|
Ruby on Rails
|
PHP
|
ColdFusion
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| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
0
|
0
|
0
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0
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| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
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Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
general, education
|
Any
|
Mildly technical
|
|
| System Requirements | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows
|
OS Independent
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Webserver |
IIS 5+
|
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
Apache, IIS
|
| Other Requirements |
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
various opt. helpers
|
ColdFusion MX
|
| Datastorage | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| MySQL |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
MariaDB
|
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
Access, SQL Server
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
|
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
||
| Host Blocking |
No
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Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
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Yes
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No
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No
|
No
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| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
|
||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
54 ⭐
|
510 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
||
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
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 |
1
English |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
0
|
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
No
|
Plugin
|
|
| Categories |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
||
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Links | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Some
|
All
|
All
|
Some
|
|
| Math formulas |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Footnotes |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Quoting |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
None
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
||
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Statistics | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Output | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
||
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
||
| Extras | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Optional
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ProntoWiki | WackoWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Internal Link |
[pagename] |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
|
| External Link |
{title|url} |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
[another site](http://example.com) |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
|
| Headlines |
!, !!, !!! |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
**bold** |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
|
| Italics Format |
''italics'' |
//italics// |
_italic_, *italic* |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
|
| Underline Format |
__under__ |
__underline__ |
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
<u>underlined</u> |
|
| Monospace Format |
|
##monospace## |
`monospace` |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
--strikethrough-- |
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
|
| Superscript Format |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
^^superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<sup>above</sup> |
|
| Subscript Format |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
vvsubscriptvv |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>below</sub> |
|
| Images |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] external image [Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] view uploaded image [Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] view and link to another image |
|
| Aligning Text |
available through custom tags |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
|
| Text Indentation |
multiple spaces -> |
one two |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* list or - list |
|
| Numbered Lists |
# ## ### #### |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
# list |
|
| Definition Lists |
|
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
term : definition |
Term:<def> def |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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