| General Features | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Version |
1.9.3 |
phpwiki-1.3.14 |
TWiki 5.1.1 |
1.0 |
Last Release Date |
2010-06-27 |
2007-07-01 |
2012-01-17 |
September 12, 2003 |
Author |
moinmo.in |
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau |
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community |
Clifford Adams |
URL |
moinmo.in |
phpwiki.sourceforge.net |
twiki.org and www.twiki.net |
www.usemod.com |
Free and Open Source |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
License |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
GPL |
Programming Language |
Python |
PHP |
Perl, JavaScript |
Perl |
Data Storage |
Files |
Files, DB, RCS |
Files, RCS |
Files |
License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
community release $0; fee for subscriptions for support or hosting |
0 |
Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
Intended Audience |
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :) |
Any |
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses |
|
| System Requirements | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+ |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others |
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other |
Linux, Windows, MacOS X |
Root Access |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Webserver |
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares |
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support |
Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 |
Apache, probably anything with CGI support |
Other Requirements |
 None |
various opt. helpers |
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies |
|
| Datastorage | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Text Files |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
MySQL |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
PostgreSQL |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
Oracle |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
SQLite |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
BerkeleyDB |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
RCS |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Other |
 No |
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB) |
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage |
 No |
| Security/Anti-Spam | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Page Permissions |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
ACL |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Authentication Backends |
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible |
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver |
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos |
|
Host Blocking |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Mail Encryption |
 Optional |
 No |
 Yes |
|
nofollow |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Patch |
Blacklist |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Patch |
CAPTCHA |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Delayed Indexing |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
| Development/Support | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Commercial Support |
 Yes, 13 listed |
 Yes, 2 listed |
 Yes, 33 listed |
 Yes, 1 listed |
Preconfigured Hosting |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
|
Code Repository |
see moinmo.in |
sf.net |
twiki.org |
|
Issue Tracker |
see moinmo.in |
sf.net |
twiki.org |
|
Mailing List |
see moinmo.in |
sf.net |
twiki.org |
|
Support Forum |
see moinmo.in |
sf.net |
twiki.org |
|
IRC Channel |
see moinmo.in |
#phpwiki |
twiki.org |
|
| Common Features | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Preview |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Minor Changes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 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 |
Page Index |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Plugin System |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
| Special Features | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Unicode Support |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Right-to-Left Support |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
|
Interface Languages |
|
 9 languages German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional |
 19 languages Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
|
Email notification |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
Comments |
Discussion Pages |
 Plugin |
Threaded |
 No |
Categories |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
Namespaces |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
|
Page Redirection |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Resolution |
Conflict Detection |
Search |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Full Text |
Wiki Farming |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Optional |
|
Structured Data |
 No |
 Patch |
 Yes |
|
| Links | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
CamelCase |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Freelinks |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Backlinks |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
InterWiki |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
SisterWiki |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
Image Links |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Windows Shares |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Page Redirects |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
|
| Syntax Features | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
HTML Tags |
Some |
Some |
All |
Some |
Math formulas |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 No |
Tables |
complex |
simple + complex |
simple + complex |
simple |
CREOLE support |
 Yes |
 No |
 No |
|
Markdown Support |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Textile Support |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
BBCode Support |
 No |
 No |
 No |
 No |
Emoticon Images |
 Yes |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
Syntax Highlighting |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Plugin |
 No |
Footnotes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Quoting |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Internal Comments |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Custom styles |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
FAQ Tags |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
Scripting |
plugins, see comment ----------------> |
plugins, templates, PHP |
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API |
 None |
Content Includes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
Feed Aggregation |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
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| Usability | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Section Editing |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
Page Templates |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
Double-Click Edit |
 Yes |
 Optional |
 Plugin |
 No |
Toolbar |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
WYSIWYG Editing |
 Yes |
 Patch |
 Yes |
 No |
Access Keys |
 Optional |
 Yes |
 Yes |
|
Auto Signature |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
| Statistics | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Recent Changes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Wanted Pages |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
 Patch |
Orphaned Pages |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Patch |
Most/Least Popular |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Recent Visitors |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Analysis |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 No |
| Output | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
HTML |
HTML 4 |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
HTML 3 |
CSS Stylesheets |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Printer Friendly |
Print CSS |
Print CSS |
Print View |
 No |
Mobile Friendly |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
|
Themes & Skins |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
RSS Feeds |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
ATOM Feeds |
 No |
 No |
 Yes |
 No |
Abbreviations |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
Auto-TOC |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
Raw Export |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
HTML Export |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
XML export |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
 No |
PDF Export |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
| Media and Files | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
File Attachments |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Optional |
Media Revisions |
 No |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 No |
Embedded Flash |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Embedded Video |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
 No |
Image Editing |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
|
SVG Editing |
 Yes |
 No |
 Plugin |
|
MindMap Editing |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
|
Media Search |
Contents |
 No |
Contents |
 No |
| Extras | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Calendar |
 Yes |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
|
Image Galleries |
 Plugin |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
|
Forums |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
|
Blogs |
 No |
 Yes |
 Plugin |
|
Ticket System |
 No |
 No |
 Plugin |
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| Syntax Examples | MoinMoin  | PhpWiki  | TWiki  | UseMod  |
Internal Link |
 CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]
[[target|label|params]] |
 WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ] |
 WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]] |
|
External Link |
 http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
|
 http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ] |
 http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]] |
|
Headlines |
 = Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 ===== |
 !!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
|
 ---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
|
 = Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ====== |
Bold Format |
 '''bold'''
'''strong emphasised''' |
 *bold* or
<strong>bold</strong> |
 *bold*
|
 '''bold''' |
Italics Format |
 ''italic''
''emphasised'' |
 _italics_ or
or
<em>italics</em> |
 _italic_ |
 ''italic'' |
Underline Format |
 __underline__ |
 <u>underlined</u> |
 <u>underline</u> |
 <u>underline</u> |
Monospace Format |
 `monospaced` |
 <tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>
|
 =monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
|
 <tt>for monospace text</tt> |
Strikethrough Format |
 --(strikethrough)-- |
 <strike>striked through</strike> |
 <strike>strikethrough</strike> |
 N/A
|
Superscript Format |
 ^superscript^ |
 <sup>above</sup> |
 <sup>superscript</sup> |
 <sup>superscript</sup> |
Subscript Format |
 ,,subscript,, |
 <sub>below</sub> |
 <sub>subscript</sub> |
 <sub>subscript</sub> |
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
|
 %ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png |
 http://url.com/pic.gif |
Aligning Text |
 only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
|
 <?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>
|
 | left | center | right |
or HTML
or CSS |
 N/A
|
Text Indentation |
  indented text
|
 ;: left indent
;;: more left indent
or
  paragraph
    and another level
|
 <blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
|
 : indented |
Bulleted Lists |
 * Item 1
 * Item 1.1
* Item 2
|
 * list
 or
- list |
   * Item 1
     * Item 1.1
  * Item 2
|
 * Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2 |
Numbered Lists |
 1. Item 1
 a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
|
 # list |
   1. Item 1
     a. Item 1.a
  1. Item 2
|
 # Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2 |
Definition Lists |
 term:: definition
|
 Term:<def>
 def |
   $ Term: Definition
|
 ;Term:Definition |
Horizontal Rule |
 ----
-----
------ |
 ---- |
 --- |
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| Last updated | 2010-07-03 | 2009-04-03 | 2012-01-18 | 2009-07-01 |
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