| General Features | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.4.9
|
5.0.0.1
|
TWiki-6.1.0
|
1.2.101
|
1.5.11c
|
| Last Release Date |
2008-11-09 (15 years ago)
|
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
|
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
|
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2008-11-21 (15 years ago)
|
2019-02-19 (5 years ago)
|
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
|
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
|
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
|
| Author |
Dale Lane
|
Eduardo Mauro
|
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
|
Raymond Camden
|
Ryan Norton
|
| URL | |||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
N/A
|
Commercial
|
GPL
|
Apache
|
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
|
| Programming Language |
C#
|
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
|
Perl, JavaScript
|
ColdFusion
|
C++
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Database
|
Files, RCS
|
Database
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
39,95
|
N/A
|
0
|
NA
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Users wanting to be able to view/edit their wiki from a mobile phone or PDA, with a simple wiki that needs almost no setup
|
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
|
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
|
Mildly technical
|
End users/Desktop
|
| System Requirements | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Operating System |
Windows, Windows Mobile
|
Windows
|
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
|
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
No need
|
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
|
Apache, IIS
|
built-in
|
| Other Requirements |
.NET 2 Framework
|
none
|
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
|
ColdFusion MX
|
None
|
| Datastorage | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Other |
Firebird
|
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
|
Access, SQL Server
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
No
|
No need
|
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
|
unknown
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Development/Support | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| # of Consultants | |||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||||
| Issue Tracker | |||||
| Mailing List | |||||
| Support Forum | |||||
| Chat Channel | |||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
No
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Special Features | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese |
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
0
|
1
English |
| Email notification |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
|
| Categories |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Links | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
All
|
All
|
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Tables |
simple
|
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
simple
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Scripting |
Yes
|
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
|
no
|
||
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Usability | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Statistics | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Recent Visitors |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Output | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print View
|
No
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media Revisions |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Contents
|
No
|
||
| Extras | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | bLADE Wiki | ConnectedText | TWiki | CanvasWiki | wxWikiServer |
| Internal Link |
[Link to a page] |
[[wiki page]] [[wiki page|Title]] |
WikiWord autolink Otherweb.WikiWord [[Spaced text]] [[WikiWord][label]] |
|
CamelCase [AnotherLink goto alink] |
| External Link |
[http://www.linkme.com] |
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]] [[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]] |
http://twiki.org/ autolink [[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
|
http://www.powerslave.com [http://www.external.com xternallink] |
| Headlines |
+Heading |
= Head1 = == Head 2 == === Head 3 ==== |
---+ Level 1 ---++ Level 2 ---+++ Level 3 ---++++ Level 4 ---+++++ Level 5 ---++++++ Level 6 |
|
= heading = == heading == === heading === (up to 5 = signs). |
| Bold Format |
*bold text* |
**bold** |
*bold* |
|
''' bold text ''' |
| Italics Format |
=italic text= |
//italic// |
_italic_ |
|
'' italic text '' |
| Underline Format |
_underlined text_ |
__Underline__ |
<u>underline</u> |
|
|
| Monospace Format |
[|code sample|] |
{{{Monospace}}} |
=monospaced text= and <verbatim> multi line text </verbatim> |
|
start line with blank space. |
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough text- |
--Strikethrough-- |
<strike>strikethrough</strike> |
|
|
| Superscript Format |
|
^^Superscript^^ |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
|
|
| Subscript Format |
|
vvSubscriptvv |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
|
|
| Images |
[$image.jpg$] |
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]] |
%ATTACHURL%/image.png http://any.domain/image.png |
|
ilocal://icon.jpg img:icon.jpg img:http://www.external/image.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
|
~~Centered text~~ |
| left | center | right | or HTML or CSS |
|
] centred text |
| Text Indentation |
> blockquote text |
: First level of indenting :: Second level |
<blockquote> multi line text </blockquote> |
|
> single indent >> two indents >>> more indenting |
| Bulleted Lists |
- bulleted |
* First item * Seconditem |
* Item 1 * Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
|
* one * two * two.1 |
| Numbered Lists |
# numbered |
1. First item 1. Second item |
1. Item 1 a. Item 1.a 1. Item 2 |
|
1 item one 2 item two Or: # item 1 ## item 1.1 # item two |
| Definition Lists |
|
;Term:Definition |
$ Term: Definition |
|
|
| Horizontal Rule |
___ |
---- |
--- |
|
|
| remove bLADE Wiki | remove ConnectedText | remove TWiki | remove CanvasWiki | remove wxWikiServer |