Anwiki vs. PmWiki vs. CanvasWiki

General Features Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Version
0.2.5
2.3.33
1.2.101
Last Release Date
2010-12-12 (13 years ago)
2024-04-20 (16 days ago)
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-06-25 (10 years ago)
2024-04-21 (15 days ago)
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
Author
Antoine Walter
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Raymond Camden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 3
GPL2+
Apache
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
ColdFusion
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
All
Mildly technical
System Requirements Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Apache, IIS
Other Requirements
none
ColdFusion MX
Datastorage Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
Plugin
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Plugin
Unknown
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Access, SQL Server
Security/Anti-Spam Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Optional
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
4 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age or Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
No
Optional
Unknown
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
No
Yes
Unknown
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Quoting
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Unknown
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Usability Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Unknown
Toolbar
No
Optional
Unknown
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Access Keys
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
No
Optional
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Unknown
Analysis
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Unknown
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
File Attachments
No
Optional
Unknown
Media Revisions
No
Optional
Unknown
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Calendar
No
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Anwiki PmWiki CanvasWiki
Internal Link
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
<b>bold</b>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
<i>italic</i>
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
'_subscript_'
Images
<img src=""/>
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
<hr/>
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