| General Features | MediaWiki  | TWiki | MoinMoin |
 Version |
1.11.1 |
 TWiki 4.2.0 |
1.6.2 |
| Last Release Date |
2008-01-24 |
2008-01-22 |
2008-03-24 |
| Author |
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others. |
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community |
moinmo.in |
| URL |
www.mediawiki.org |
twiki.org and www.twiki.net |
moinmo.in |
| Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| License |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
Perl |
Python |
| Data Storage |
Database |
Files, RCS |
Files |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Intended Audience |
End Users/Desktop, Education |
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses |
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :) |
| System Requirements | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Operating System |
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+ |
| Root Access |
 No |
No |
No |
| Webserver |
Any with PHP support |
Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 |
Apache (CGI, FastCGI, mod_python, mod_wsgi), IIS, Lighttpd, Twisted, Standalone, WSGI, and others |
| Other Requirements |
none |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies |
|
| Datastorage | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Text Files |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| MySQL |
Yes |
No |
No |
| PostgreSQL |
 Optional |
No |
No |
| Oracle |
Optional |
No |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
No |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
No |
No |
| RCS |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Other |
No |
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage |
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Page Permissions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Authentication Backends |
Yes |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos |
modular, scriptable. ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible |
| Host Blocking |
Yes |
 Plugin |
Yes |
| Mail Encryption |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| nofollow |
Optional |
Plugin |
No |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Optional |
| Delayed Indexing |
No |
Plugin |
No |
| Development/Support | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Commercial Support |
Yes, 14 listed |
Yes, 19 listed |
Yes, 4 listed |
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code Repository |
svn.wikimedia.org |
twiki.org |
see wiki |
| Issue Tracker |
bugzilla.wikimedia.org |
twiki.org |
see wiki |
| Mailing List |
lists.wikimedia.org |
twiki.org |
see wiki |
| Support Forum |
mwusers.com |
twiki.org |
moinmo.in |
| IRC Channel |
www.mediawiki.org |
twiki.org |
#moin on chat.freenode.net |
| Common Features | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| 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 |
Yes |
| Special Features | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Interface Languages |
100+ |
14 |
~40 |
| Email notification |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comments |
Discussion Pages |
Threaded |
Discussion Pages |
| Categories |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Namespaces |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page Redirection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
| Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
| Links | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| CamelCase |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Freelinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlinks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| InterWiki |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| SisterWiki |
No |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Image Links |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Shares |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syntax Features | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| HTML Tags |
Some |
All |
Plugin |
| Math formulas |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Tables |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
complex |
| CREOLE support |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Markdown Support |
No |
No |
No |
| Textile Support |
No |
Plugin |
No |
| BBCode Support |
No |
No |
No |
| Emoticon Images |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Footnotes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Quoting |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Internal Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FAQ Tags |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Scripting |
Optional |
JavaScript; TWiki variables; powerful API |
plugins, see comment ----------------> |
| Content Includes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Aggregation |
Plugin |
Plugin |
No |
| Usability | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Section Editing |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Double-Click Edit |
Optional |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Toolbar |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access Keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional |
| Auto Signature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Statistics | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| Recent Changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wanted Pages |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Visitors |
Plugin |
No |
No |
| Analysis |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
| Output | MediaWiki | TWiki | MoinMoin |
| HTML |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 4 |
| CSS Stylesheets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print View |
Print CSS |
| Themes & Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Abbreviations |
No |
Plugin |
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