alphawiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki

General Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Version
v.20160608
1.9.11
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2016-08-06 (9 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2016-09-10 (9 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
marty alain
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU-GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
PHP+Javascript
Python
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users, small teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Operating System
probably every OS
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
Yes
No
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
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
None
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
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
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
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
Common Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Optional
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Links alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Scripting
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
Patch
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Patch
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Yes
Output alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Optional
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Contents
Extras alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
Calendar
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
No
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples alphawiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TWiki
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]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
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]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
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
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
{b I am bold}
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
{i I am italic}
''italic''
''emphasised''
'''italic'''
_italic_
Underline Format
{u I am underline}
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{pre I am monospace and preformated}
`monospaced`
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
{del I am line-through}
--(strikethrough)--
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
E = mc{sup 2}
^superscript^
N/A
<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
<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
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{center I am centered}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
indented text
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
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
* 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
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
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
{hr}
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