| General Features | TWiki  | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
 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 Requirements | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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 |
| Datastorage | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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-Spam | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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/Support | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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 Features | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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 Features | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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 |
| Links | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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 Features | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki |
| 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 |
| Usability | TWiki | MoinMoin | Zwiki | MediaWiki < |
Wikis
Forums
Podcatchers
Weblogs
