Roadkill vs. WackoWiki vs. CanvasWiki vs. MoasdaWiki

General Features Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Version
1.6
6.3.0
1.2.101
3.9.1
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (13 years ago)
2026-07-18 (12 days ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
Author
C.Small
WackoWiki Team
Raymond Camden
Herbert Reiter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
BSD
Apache
AGPL-3.0-only
Programming Language
C#
PHP
ColdFusion
Java
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Mildly technical
personal usage, small teams
System Requirements Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
OS Independent
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS
Built-in
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
mod_rewrite (optional)
ColdFusion MX
Java VM 17+
Datastorage Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Text Files
Patch
No
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Oracle
Yes
No
Unknown
No
SQLite
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
No
Unknown
No
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
MariaDB
Access, SQL Server
No
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
N/A
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Unknown
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
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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
0
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Flat
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Links Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Unknown
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Features Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
none
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Usability Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Statistics Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Output Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Unknown
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Unknown
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
XML export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Media and Files Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Roadkill WackoWiki CanvasWiki MoasdaWiki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
Headlines
== Large heading
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
Bold Format
** bold **
**bold**
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italics//
##italic##
Underline Format
_underline_
__underline__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
##monospace##
@@monospace font@@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
~~striked through~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{image:wiki.png}}
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
{{center}}centered text
Text Indentation
one
two
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
Horizontal Rule
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