Roadkill vs. Git-Wiki vs. CanvasWiki

General Features Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Version
1.6
1.0
1.2.101
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
Author
C.Small
Raymond Camden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
MIT
Apache
Programming Language
C#
Ruby
ColdFusion
Data Storage
Database
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Private, Public
Mildly technical
System Requirements Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
*nix
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache, IIS
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
Ruby
ColdFusion MX
Datastorage Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Text Files
Patch
No
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Unknown
Oracle
Yes
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
Git
Access, SQL Server
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
Plugin system, backends can be added
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Preview
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Minor Changes
No
No
Unknown
Change Summary
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Special Features Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
4
Czech, German, English, French
0
Email notification
No
No
Unknown
Comments
No
No
Categories
Yes
No
Unknown
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Links Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Backlinks
Plugin
No
Unknown
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
No
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
No
No
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Unknown
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
none
XML based, Javascript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Unknown
Usability Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Unknown
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
No
Unknown
Statistics Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
No
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Unknown
Output Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Unknown
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
No
Unknown
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
Extras Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Roadkill Git-Wiki CanvasWiki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
[[http://example.org|The title]]
Headlines
== Large heading
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
Bold Format
** bold **
**bold**
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
Underline Format
_underline_
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
{{Image.png}}
Aligning Text
Text Indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Horizontal Rule
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