BrainKeeper vs. MoinMoin vs. ikiwiki

General Features BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Version
N/A
1.9.11
2.67
Last Release Date
N/A
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
BrainKeeper, Inc.
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
N/A
Python
Perl
Data Storage
N/A
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Anyone
Hosting Features BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Storage Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
Unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
No Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Operating System
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any, or none
Other Requirements
N/A
None
Datastorage BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
No
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
No
Oracle
N/A
No
No
SQLite
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
RCS
N/A
No
Yes
Other
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Unknown
Links BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Textile Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Output BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
No
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Yes
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples BrainKeeper MoinMoin ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^superscript^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
term:: definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
remove BrainKeeper remove MoinMoin remove ikiwiki