Instiki vs. MoinMoin vs. ikiwiki

General Features Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Version
0.30.0
1.9.11
2.67
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Anyone
System Requirements Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any, or none
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
None
Datastorage Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
478 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Links Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
None
plugins, see comment ---------------->
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Instiki MoinMoin ikiwiki
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[internal]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italic''
''emphasised''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospace`
`monospaced`
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
--(strikethrough)--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
term
: definition
term:: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
***
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove Instiki remove MoinMoin remove ikiwiki