| General Features | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.2.101
|
0.30.0
|
phpwiki-1.3.14
|
| Last Release Date |
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
|
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
|
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
|
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
|
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
|
| Author |
Raymond Camden
|
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Apache
|
Ruby's
|
GPL
|
| Programming Language |
ColdFusion
|
Ruby on Rails
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Database, Files, RCS
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Mildly technical
|
general, education
|
Any
|
| System Requirements | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Solaris
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS
|
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
ColdFusion MX
|
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
various opt. helpers
|
| Datastorage | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Text Files |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PostgreSQL |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Oracle |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| SQLite |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RCS |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Other |
Access, SQL Server
|
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
|
||
| Host Blocking |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Development/Support | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel |
#phpwiki
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
478 ⭐
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Preview |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
1
English |
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
| Email notification |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
Plugin
|
|
| Categories |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
Unknown
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Links | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Features | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
|
| Math formulas |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
simple + complex
|
|
| CREOLE support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
plugins, templates, PHP
|
|
| Content Includes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Usability | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Section Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Toolbar |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Access Keys |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Statistics | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Analysis |
Unknown
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Output | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes & Skins |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Abbreviations |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| File Attachments |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Video |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| SVG Editing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
|
| Extras | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Calendar |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Image Galleries |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | CanvasWiki | Instiki | PhpWiki |
| Internal Link |
|
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
WikiWord or [somelink] [ desc | pagename ] |
| External Link |
|
[another site](http://example.com) |
http://someserver/someurl [ desc | exturl ] |
| Headlines |
|
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
!!!Headline1 !!Headline2 !Headline3 |
| Bold Format |
|
**bold** |
*bold* or <strong>bold</strong> |
| Italics Format |
|
_italic_, *italic* |
_italics_ or or <em>italics</em> |
| Underline Format |
|
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
<u>underlined</u> |
| Monospace Format |
|
`monospace` |
<tt>monospace</tt> <code>code</code> <pre>preformatted</pre> <verbatim> unparsed text</verbatim> |
| Strikethrough Format |
|
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
<strike>striked through</strike> |
| Superscript Format |
|
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<sup>above</sup> |
| Subscript Format |
|
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<sub>below</sub> |
| Images |
|
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] external image [Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] view uploaded image [Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] view and link to another image |
| Aligning Text |
|
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?> or <div align="right"> right </div> |
| Text Indentation |
|
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
;: left indent ;;: more left indent or paragraph and another level |
| Bulleted Lists |
|
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
* list or - list |
| Numbered Lists |
|
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
# list |
| Definition Lists |
|
term : definition |
Term:<def> def |
| Horizontal Rule |
|
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