PmWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features PmWiki MoinMoin
Version
2.3.33
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2024-04-20 (8 days ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-21 (7 days ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
Author
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements PmWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
none
None
Datastorage PmWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
Security/Anti-Spam PmWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Development/Support PmWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PmWiki 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
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features PmWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Links PmWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PmWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Usability PmWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics PmWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output PmWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
No
Media and Files PmWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Extras PmWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Forums
Plugin
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Chat
No
No
Syntax Examples PmWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace@@
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
^superscript^
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
Images
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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