| General Features | MediaWiki  | MoinMoin |
 Version |
1.11.1 |
 1.6.2 |
| Last Release Date |
2008-01-24 |
2008-03-24 |
| Author |
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others. |
moinmo.in |
| URL |
www.mediawiki.org |
moinmo.in |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
Python |
| Data Storage |
Database |
Files |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
End Users/Desktop, Education |
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :) |
| System Requirements | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Operating System |
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+ |
| Root Access |
 No |
No |
| Webserver |
Any with PHP support |
Apache (CGI, FastCGI, mod_python, mod_wsgi), IIS, Lighttpd, Twisted, Standalone, WSGI, and others |
| Other Requirements |
none |
|
| Datastorage | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Text Files |
No |
Yes |
| MySQL |
Yes |
No |
| PostgreSQL |
 Optional |
No |
| Oracle |
Optional |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
| RCS |
No |
No |
| Other |
No |
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Yes |
modular, scriptable. ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible |
| Host Blocking |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
 Plugin |
Optional |
| nofollow |
Optional |
No |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
No |
| Development/Support | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 14 listed |
Yes, 4 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
svn.wikimedia.org |
see wiki |
| Issue Tracker |
bugzilla.wikimedia.org |
see wiki |
| Mailing List |
lists.wikimedia.org |
see wiki |
| Support Forum |
mwusers.com |
moinmo.in |
| IRC Channel |
www.mediawiki.org |
#moin on chat.freenode.net |
| Common Features | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Preview |
Yes |
Yes |
| Minor Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Change Summary |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page History |
Yes |
Yes |
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Revision Diffs |
Between all |
Between all |
| Page Index |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Features | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
100+ |
~40 |
| Email notification |
Optional |
Yes |
| Comments |
Discussion Pages |
Discussion Pages |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
No |
| Page Redirection |
Yes |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Links | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| CamelCase |
No |
Yes |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
Yes |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
No |
Yes |
| Syntax Features | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| HTML Tags |
Some |
Plugin |
| Math formulas |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
Yes |
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
| Textile Support |
No |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Optional |
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Quoting |
No |
No |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
No |
| Scripting |
Optional |
plugins, see comment ----------------> |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin |
No |
| Usability | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
No |
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Optional |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
Yes |
| Statistics | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin |
No |
| Analysis |
Optional |
Yes |
| Output | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
No |
| Abbreviations |
No |
No |
| Auto-TOC |
Yes |
Yes |
| Raw Export |
Yes |
Yes |
| HTML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML export |
Yes |
Yes |
| PDF Export |
Optional |
Plugin |
| Media and Files | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| File Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
| Media Revisions |
Yes |
No |
| Embedded Flash |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Embedded Video |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Image Editing |
No |
Yes |
| SVG Editing |
No |
No |
| MindMap Editing |
Plugin |
No |
| Media Search |
Keywords |
Contents |
| Syntax Examples | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
| Internal Link |
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]] |
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]
[[target|label|params]] |
| External Link |
[http://example.org The title] |
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
|
| Headlines |
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection==== |
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 ===== |
| Bold Format |
'''bold''' |
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised''' |
| Italics Format |
''italic'' |
''italic''
''emphasised'' |
| Underline Format |
<u>underlined</u> |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
<tt>monospace</tt> |
`monospaced` |
| Strikethrough Format |
<s>strikethrough</s> |
--(strikethrough)-- |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^superscript^ |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
,,subscript,, |
| Images |
[[Image:wiki.png]] |
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}} |
| Aligning Text |
<center>Centered</center> |
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
|
| Text Indentation |
: indented line |
 indented text
|
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2 |
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2 |
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
; term : definition |
term:: definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
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| Last updated | 2008-02-14 | 2008-03-24 |
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