DokuWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. PmWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.9.11
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.5.4
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
family people, hackers
Any
All
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
None
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
none
A common browser
Datastorage DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
None
No
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
4485 ⭐
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
N/A
8486 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Yes
Links DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
Optional, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Output DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
No
Extras DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
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
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

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

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
''monospace''
`monospaced`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@@monospace@@
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
--(strikethrough)--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
'_subscript_'
~~subscript~~
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
Plugin
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Plugin
term:: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
: term : definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
----
-----
------
Depending on plugins:
----
----
----
----
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