alphawiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki

General Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Version
v.20160608
1.9.11
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
Author
marty alain
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
Apache with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
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
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
No
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Unknown
Yes
No
Namespaces
Optional
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Links alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
No
Yes
No
Syntax Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
No
Statistics alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Calendar
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Optional
Blogs
Optional
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Internal Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
''italic''
''emphasised''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`monospaced`
N/A
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--(strikethrough)--
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^superscript^
N/A
Subscript Format
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
,,subscript,,
N/A
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
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
indented text
N/A
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
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
Definition Lists
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
term:: definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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