| General Features | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.2.0
|
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
|
1.2.101
|
| Last Release Date |
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
|
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
|
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
|
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
|
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
|
| Author |
WackoWiki Team
|
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
|
Raymond Camden
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
BSD
|
Public Domain (!)
|
Apache
|
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
ColdFusion
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
|
small + medium sites, development teams
|
Mildly technical
|
| System Requirements | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Operating System |
OS Independent
|
any
|
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
|
anything with PHP support
|
Apache, IIS
|
| Other Requirements |
mod_rewrite (optional)
|
none
|
ColdFusion MX
|
| Datastorage | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
MariaDB
|
no
|
Access, SQL Server
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
|
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Mail Encryption |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| nofollow |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel |
not yet :-)
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
54 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
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 |
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch |
0
|
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Plugin
|
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Patch
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Links | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Plugin
|
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BBCode Support |
Patch
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Scripting |
actions (PHP)
|
optional
|
|
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Patch
|
Unknown
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Statistics | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Analysis |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Output | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Abbreviations |
Patch
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| XML export |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| PDF Export |
Patch
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Office Export |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
|
| Extras | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Optional
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Patch
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | WackoWiki | ErfurtWiki | CanvasWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[InternalLink]] ((InternalLink)) [[InternalLink alternate text]] CamelCase |
WikiPage [WikiPage | Go here] |
|
| External Link |
https://wackowiki.org [[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]] [[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]] |
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net [http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here] mario@wiki.net |
|
| Headlines |
== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ====== |
!!! Big Headline !! Medium Headline ! Section Headline |
|
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
__bold text__ **bold text** |
|
| Italics Format |
//italics// |
''ialic text'' |
|
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
optional or via css |
|
| Monospace Format |
##monospace## |
==monospaced text== |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
--strikethrough-- |
optional or via css |
|
| Superscript Format |
^^superscript^^ |
^^superscript text^^ |
|
| Subscript Format |
vvsubscriptvv |
optional or via css |
|
| Images |
((image.png)) file:image.png https://example.com/image.png |
[link to the image.jpg] |
|
| Aligning Text |
{html}<div align="right">{html}
%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%% |
optional or via css |
|
| Text Indentation |
one two |
just use 3 spaces or tabs indented text |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
*one **One-two *two *three |
* Item A * Item B ** Item B1 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
1. numbered List 1. numbered List-2 2.#8 numbered List, with break |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 ##* Item 1.1a ##* Item 1.1b |
|
| Definition Lists |
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html} |
:definition: explanation :anotherdef: another description |
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