Wiki on a Stick vs. CanvasWiki vs. Instiki

General Features Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Version
0.12.0
1.2.101
0.30.0
Last Release Date
2010-06-21 (16 years ago)
2006-06-15 (20 years ago)
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
Author
legolas558
Raymond Camden
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
Apache
Ruby's
Programming Language
JavaScript
ColdFusion
Ruby on Rails
Data Storage
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
Mildly technical
general, education
System Requirements Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Operating System
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Windows, Linux, Solaris
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
JavaScript-capable browser
ColdFusion MX
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Text Files
No
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
Yes
Oracle
No
Unknown
Plugin
SQLite
No
Unknown
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Access, SQL Server
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
507 ⭐
Common Features Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Preview
No
Unknown
No
Minor Changes
No
Unknown
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
No
Special Features Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
2
English, Italian
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
No
Comments
No
No
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
No
Links Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Unknown
Yes
InterWiki
No
Unknown
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Unknown
No
Image Links
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
No
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Textile Support
No
Unknown
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Unknown
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
No
Scripting
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
No
Usability Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Section Editing
No
Unknown
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Unknown
No
Toolbar
Yes
Unknown
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Unknown
No
Access Keys
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Yes
Statistics Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
No
Recent Visitors
No
Unknown
No
Analysis
Unknown
Unknown
No
Output Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
No
RSS Feeds
No
Unknown
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Unknown
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
File Attachments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Unknown
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
No
Embedded Video
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Extras Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
No
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wiki on a Stick CanvasWiki Instiki
Internal Link
[[WoaS test page]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
External Link
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
[another site](http://example.com)
Headlines
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Bold Format
*bold text*
**bold**
Italics Format
/italics text/
_italic_, *italic*
Underline Format
_underlined text_
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[[Image::woas.png]]
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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