| General Features | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
3.4.9
|
6.0
|
5.0.0.1
|
1.0.1
|
5.2
|
1.2.101
|
| Last Release Date |
2008-11-09 (15 years ago)
|
2013-01-21 (11 years ago)
|
2024-04-24 (1 day ago)
|
2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
|
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
|
|
| Last Update here |
2008-11-21 (15 years ago)
|
2013-01-22 (11 years ago)
|
2019-02-19 (5 years ago)
|
2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
|
2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
|
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
Dale Lane
|
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
|
Eduardo Mauro
|
Clay Alberty
|
Atlassian
|
Raymond Camden
|
| URL | ||||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| License |
N/A
|
Commercial
|
Commercial
|
BSD
|
Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
|
Apache
|
| Programming Language |
C#
|
ASP.NET C#
|
Programming Language Not relevant (completely self-contained)
|
C#
|
Java
|
ColdFusion
|
| Data Storage |
Files
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
Database
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
Free
|
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
|
39,95
|
Free
|
starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
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
|
Intranet, Corporate, Private
|
Anyone doing research needing a tool with wiki capabilities for data organization and retrieval. Standalone wiki system
|
Enterprise + Technical Teams
|
Mildly technical
|
|
| Hosting Features | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Unlimited
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Optional
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
No
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows, Windows Mobile
|
Windows Server 2008, 2012
|
Windows
|
Windows
|
Windows, Linux and Unix variants
|
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
IIS
|
No need
|
IIS 5+
|
Apache Tomcat
|
Apache, IIS
|
| Other Requirements |
.NET 2 Framework
|
none
|
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
|
ColdFusion MX
|
|
| Datastorage | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| RCS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Other |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
|
Firebird
|
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
Access, SQL Server
|
||
| Security/Anti-Spam | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
No
|
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
|
No need
|
.NET Membership platform
|
LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
|
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Code Repository | ||||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||||
| Mailing List | ||||||
| Support Forum | ||||||
| Chat Channel | ||||||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
||
| Revision Diffs |
No
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
5
Danish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese |
1
English |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
0
|
| Email notification |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Comments |
No
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
No
|
Threaded
|
|
| Categories |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Conflict Handling |
None
|
Page Locking
|
None
|
Conflict Resolution
|
||
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Links | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
All
|
Some
|
Some
|
Optional
|
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Tables |
simple
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Scripting |
javascript (optional)
|
Yes
|
Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
|
|||
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Statistics | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Recent Visitors |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Output | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
||
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Media Revisions |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
Contents
|
|||
| Extras | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | bLADE Wiki | ThoughtFarmer | ConnectedText | ProntoWiki | Confluence | CanvasWiki |
| Internal Link |
[Link to a page] |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
[[wiki page]] [[wiki page|Title]] |
[pagename] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
|
| External Link |
[http://www.linkme.com] |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
[[$URL:www.connectedtext.com]] [[$URL:www.connectedtext.com|Title]] |
{title|url} |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
|
| Headlines |
+Heading |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
= Head1 = == Head 2 == === Head 3 ==== |
!, !!, !!! |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
|
| Bold Format |
*bold text* |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
**bold** |
**bold** |
*bold* |
|
| Italics Format |
=italic text= |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
//italic// |
''italics'' |
_italics_ |
|
| Underline Format |
_underlined text_ |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
__Underline__ |
__under__ |
+underline+ |
|
| Monospace Format |
[|code sample|] |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
{{{Monospace}}} |
|
{{monospace}} |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
-strikethrough text- |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
--Strikethrough-- |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
-strikethrough- |
|
| Superscript Format |
|
wysiwyg rich text editor |
^^Superscript^^ |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
^superscript^ |
|
| Subscript Format |
|
wysiwyg rich text editor |
vvSubscriptvv |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
~subscript~ |
|
| Images |
[$image.jpg$] |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
[[$IMG:Image.jpeg]] |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
|
|
| Aligning Text |
|
wysiwyg rich text editor |
~~Centered text~~ |
available through custom tags |
|
|
| Text Indentation |
> blockquote text |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
: First level of indenting :: Second level |
multiple spaces -> |
|
|
| Bulleted Lists |
- bulleted |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
* First item * Seconditem |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
|
| Numbered Lists |
# numbered |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
1. First item 1. Second item |
# ## ### #### |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
|
| Definition Lists |
|
wysiwyg rich text editor |
;Term:Definition |
|
|
|
| Horizontal Rule |
___ |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
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