CanvasWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. WikiASP vs. Instiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Version
1.2.101
2.11.0
1.6.2
0.30.0
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2006-06-14 (17 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2005-10-12 (18 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (15 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2006-08-26 (17 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2007-10-24 (16 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Apache Software Foundation
Elrey Ronald V.
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
Apache License 2.0
FREE
Ruby's
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
Java
ASP
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database, Files
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
all
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
general, education
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
IIS
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Ruby 2.0-2.6
MySQL
Datastorage CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Oracle
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
SQLite
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MS Access DB
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
No
Host Blocking
Unknown
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
No
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
478 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Preview
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
0
1
English
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Comments
Flat
No
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
None
No
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
No
Usability CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Unknown
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Unknown
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
Output CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
HTML Export
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
No
Extras CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki JSPWiki WikiASP Instiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
[another site](http://example.com)
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
__bold__
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italics''
''The quotation''
_italic_, *italic*
''italic''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<space char here>This is mono
`monospace`
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
_This is Strike Through_
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
term
: definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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