CanvasWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. WikiASP

General Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Version
1.2.101
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2005-10-12 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2006-08-26 (17 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Apache License 2.0
GPL
FREE
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Java
PHP
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
all
Any
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Oracle
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
SQLite
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Other
Access, SQL Server
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Development/Support CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Preview
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
0
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Usability CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Output CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki WikiASP
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''The quotation''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[ 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
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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