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Feature Comparison
| General Features | DokuWiki  | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
 Version |
 2008-05-05 |
1.7.1 |
2.2.0 |
| Last Release Date |
2008-05-05 |
2008-07-20 |
2007-01-22 |
| Author |
Andreas Gohr |
moinmo.in |
Patrick R. Michaud |
| URL |
www.dokuwiki.org |
moinmo.in |
www.pmwiki.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL 2 |
GPL |
GPL2 |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
Python |
PHP |
| Data Storage |
Files |
Files |
Files |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
private, small to medium companies |
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :) |
All |
| System Requirements | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+ |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
| Root Access |
 No |
No |
No |
| Webserver |
Apache, IIS, Lighttp, anything with PHP support |
Standalone, WSGI, Apache (mod_wsgi, CGI, FastCGI), Lighttpd, Twisted, IIS, and others |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver. |
| Other Requirements |
|
None |
none |
| Datastorage | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MySQL |
No |
No |
 Plugin |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
No |
| RCS |
No |
No |
No |
| Other |
None |
No |
Can provide custom data backends |
| Security/Anti-Spam | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL |
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible |
.htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory, MySQL, (custom available) |
| Host Blocking |
Plugin |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Mail Encryption |
Optional |
Optional |
Plugin |
| nofollow |
Optional |
No |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Delayed Indexing |
Optional |
No |
No |
| Development/Support | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 12 listed |
Yes, 4 listed |
Yes, 5 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
dev.splitbrain.org |
see moinmo.in |
svn://pmwiki.org/pmwiki/tags/latest |
| Issue Tracker |
bugs.splitbrain.org |
see moinmo.in |
www.pmwiki.org |
| Mailing List |
www.freelists.org |
see moinmo.in |
www.pmichaud.com |
| Support Forum |
forum.dokuwiki.org |
see moinmo.in |
www.pmichaud.com |
| IRC Channel |
www.dokuwiki.org |
see moinmo.in |
#pmwiki on irc.freenode.net |
| Common Features | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Special Features | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Interface Languages |
43 languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Faroese, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
|
28 languages Catalan, , Danish, English, Spanish, Esperanto, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Breton, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Sinhalese, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Tamil, Vietnamese |
| Email notification |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
| Comments |
Plugin |
Discussion Pages |
Plugin |
| Categories |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Page Redirection |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Wiki Farming |
 Patch |
Yes |
|
| Structured Data |
Plugin |
No |
|
| Links | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional |
Yes |
Optional |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Redirects |
Plugin |
Yes |
|
| Syntax Features | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| HTML Tags |
Optional |
Some |
Plugin |
| Math formulas |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple |
complex |
simple + complex |
| CREOLE support |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Markdown Support |
Plugin |
No |
Plugin |
| Textile Support |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| BBCode Support |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Footnotes |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Quoting |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
| Internal Comments |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Scripting |
Optional, PHP |
plugins, see comment ----------------> |
Plugin |
| Content Includes |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
| Usability | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
No |
Plugin |
| Page Templates |
|
Yes |
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Optional |
Yes |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Statistics | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Orphaned Pages |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Most/Least Popular |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Recent Visitors |
No |
No |
Plugin |
| Analysis |
Plugin |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Output | DokuWiki | MoinMoin | PmWiki |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |