WikiMatrix

Feature Comparison

General FeaturesTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
Version TWiki 4.2.0 1.7.1 0.60 1.11.1
Last Release Date 2008-01-22 2008-07-20 2007/09/15 2008-01-24
Author Peter Thoeny, TWiki community moinmo.in Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
URL twiki.org and www.twiki.net moinmo.in zwiki.org www.mediawiki.org
Free and Open Source Yes Yes Yes Yes
License GPL GPL GPL GPL
Programming Language Perl Python Python PHP
Data Storage Files, RCS Files Database Database
License Cost/ Fee 0 0 0 0
Development status Mature Mature Mature Mature
Intended Audience Large enterprise; small to medium businesses Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :) anyone able to install or get access to a zope server End Users/Desktop, Education
System RequirementsTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
Operating System Linux, Windows, OS-X and other UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+ any *nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Root Access No No No No
Webserver Almost any webserver, typically Apache 1.3/2.0 Standalone, WSGI, Apache (CGI, mod_wsgi, FastCGI, mod_python), Lighttpd, Twisted, IIS, and others Zope Any with PHP support
Other Requirements RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies     none
DatastorageTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
Text Files Yes Yes Plugin No
MySQL No No Plugin Yes
PostgreSQL No No Plugin Optional
Oracle No No Plugin Optional
SQLite No No   No
BerkeleyDB No No   No
RCS Yes No   No
Other RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage   ZODB (zope object database) No
Security/Anti-SpamTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
Page Permissions Yes Yes Yes Yes
ACL Yes Yes Yes No
Authentication Backends Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible any supported by Zope authentication plugins Yes
Host Blocking Plugin Yes Patch Yes
Mail Encryption Yes Optional Yes Plugin
nofollow Plugin No   Optional
Blacklist Plugin Yes Yes Yes
CAPTCHA Plugin Optional No Plugin
Delayed Indexing Plugin No Patch No
Development/SupportTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
Commercial Support Yes, 21 listed Yes, 4 listed No Yes, 21 listed
Preconfigured Hosting Yes Yes Yes Yes
Code Repository twiki.org see wiki zwiki.org svn.wikimedia.org
Issue Tracker twiki.org see wiki zwiki.org bugzilla.wikimedia.org
Mailing List twiki.org see wiki zwiki.org lists.wikimedia.org
Support Forum twiki.org moinmo.in zwiki.org mwusers.com
IRC Channel twiki.org #moin on chat.freenode.net #zwiki on freenode www.mediawiki.org
Common FeaturesTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
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
Page Index Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plugin System Yes Yes Yes Yes
Special FeaturesTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
Unicode Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Right-to-Left Support No Yes Optional Yes
Interface Languages 14 40+ 15 100+
Email notification Yes Yes Yes Optional
Comments Threaded Discussion Pages Flat Discussion Pages
Categories Yes Yes No Yes
Namespaces Yes No No Yes
Page Redirection Yes Yes Optional Yes
Conflict Handling Conflict Resolution Conflict Resolution Conflict Detection Conflict Resolution
Search Full Text Full Text Full Text Full Text
LinksTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
CamelCase Yes Yes Optional No
Freelinks Yes Yes Optional Yes
Backlinks Yes Yes Yes Yes
InterWiki Plugin Yes Yes Yes
SisterWiki Plugin Yes No No
Image Links Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Shares Yes Yes   No
Syntax FeaturesTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details
HTML Tags All Some Optional Some
Math formulas Plugin Plugin Plugin Yes
Tables simple + complex complex simple + complex simple + complex
CREOLE support No Yes No No
Markdown Support No No No No
Textile Support Plugin No No No
BBCode Support No No No No
Emoticon Images Plugin Yes Patch Optional
Syntax Highlighting Plugin Yes No Plugin
Footnotes Plugin Yes Yes Yes
Quoting Yes No Yes No
Internal Comments Yes Yes Yes Yes
Custom styles Yes Yes Yes Yes
FAQ Tags Yes No Optional No
Scripting JavaScript; TWiki variables; powerful API plugins, see comment ----------------> DTML Optional
Content Includes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Feed Aggregation Plugin No Plugin Plugin
UsabilityTWiki DetailsMoinMoin DetailsZwiki DetailsMediaWiki Details<