alphawiki vs. ButorWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Version
v.20160608
2.2.1
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Aiman Sawan
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
LGPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Java
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
SMB
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
probably every OS
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Any webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
None
Datastorage alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
None
No
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
None
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
Development/Support alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
Optional
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Internal Macros
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
No
Usability alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Optional
Unknown
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
No
Optional
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Unknown
No
Analysis
No
Unknown
Yes
Output alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
No
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Contents
Extras alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
<a href="..."></a>
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
<a href="..."></a>
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
<b>Bold</b>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
<i>Italics</i>
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
<u>Underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^superscript^
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
,,subscript,,
Images
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
indented text
Bulleted Lists
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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