CanvasWiki vs. Wiki CSharp .NET vs. WikkaWiki vs. WikyBlog

General Features CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Version
1.2.101
0.4.2
1.4.2
1.5.4
Last Release Date
2006-06-15 (19 years ago)
2009-12-31 (16 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-09-01 (17 years ago)
2010-04-07 (16 years ago)
2020-04-20 (6 years ago)
2007-10-24 (18 years ago)
Author
Raymond Camden
Pier-Luc Duchaine
Wikka Development Team
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache
GPL V3
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
ColdFusion
C# (Full), PHP (Viewer)
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Pre-Alpha
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Mildly technical
Private, small and big team
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Private, Internet Communities
System Requirements CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Solaris
Windows
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Apache, anything with PHP
Other Requirements
ColdFusion MX
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySQL
Datastorage CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
No
Other
Access, SQL Server
No
Security/Anti-Spam CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Page Permissions
No
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory (patch)
No
Host Blocking
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
No
No
No
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Preview
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
1
English
0
5
English, French, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese
Email notification
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Comments
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Unknown
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Features CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Math formulas
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Quoting
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
No
Content Includes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Usability CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Section Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Toolbar
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Statistics CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Recent Changes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Analysis
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Output CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
HTML Export
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
XML export
Unknown
Unknown
Patch
No
PDF Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
File Attachments
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Image Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples CanvasWiki Wiki CSharp .NET WikkaWiki WikyBlog
Internal Link
[Internal]
[[Internal][Displayed text]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
[http://...]
[[http://...][Displayed text]]
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
+Header1
++Header2
+++Header3
++++Header4
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
*Bold*
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
=Italic=
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
_Underline_
__underlined__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
[|Monospace formate|]
##monospaced##
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
-Strike-
++Strike through text++
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
[$Image file$]
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
-list1
--list2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
#list1
##list2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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