alphawiki vs. ButorWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Version
v.20160608
2.2.1
1.9.11
1.5.1
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
Author
marty alain
Aiman Sawan
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
LGPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Java
Python
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
SMB
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
family people, hackers
System Requirements alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Operating System
probably every OS
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Any webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Tomcat 4.1 +
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Writable data directory
Datastorage alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
No
Other
None
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
No
None
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
No
No
No
Development/Support alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Common Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
Namespaces
Optional
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Links alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
No
No
Optional
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Internal Macros
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Optional
Unknown
No
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Output alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
No
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
No
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
Unknown
No
Optional
Optional
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples alphawiki ButorWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki Oddmuse
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]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
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
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
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 =====
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
<b>Bold</b>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
<i>Italics</i>
''italic''
''emphasised''
'''italic'''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
<u>Underline</u>
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`monospaced`
N/A
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--(strikethrough)--
%%strikethrough%%
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^superscript^
N/A
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
,,subscript,,
N/A
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
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}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
no example known
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
indented text
N/A
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
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
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* one
** two
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
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
term:: definition
:term|definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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Depending on plugins:
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