CanvasWiki vs. Instiki vs. WikiASP

General Features CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Version
1.2.101
0.30.0
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2005-10-12 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2006-08-26 (17 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Ruby's
FREE
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Ruby on Rails
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
general, education
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
IIS
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Text Files
Unknown
No
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
Unknown
RCS
Unknown
No
Unknown
Other
Access, SQL Server
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Development/Support CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
478 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Preview
Unknown
No
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
No
Special Features CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
0
Email notification
Unknown
No
No
Comments
No
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Unknown
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Unknown
Scripting
None
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Section Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
No
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
No
Patch
RSS Feeds
Unknown
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Calendar
Unknown
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki Instiki WikiASP
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiWord
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
**bold**
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''The quotation''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
`monospace`
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
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
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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