MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Version
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.11.0
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2013-08-01 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2009-04-03 (14 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2013-08-29 (10 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Apache Software Foundation
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Java
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
all
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
None
various opt. helpers
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
IronPython
Datastorage MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Optional
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Optional
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Optional
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
Optional
No
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Yes
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Structured Data
No
Patch
Yes
Yes
Links MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Usability MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Statistics MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Output MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
Extras MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PhpWiki JSPWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
__bold__
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italics''
_italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
+underlined+
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{monospace}}
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
superscript^234^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
water: H~2~O
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%%(text-align: right) text %%
N/A
Text Indentation
indented text
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
;term:definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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