DokuWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.9.11
1.5.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Any
Root Access
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
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
Datastorage DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
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
No
Other
None
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4471 ⭐
N/A
N/A
8464 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Links DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
Optional, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Output DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link 
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
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://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

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 =====
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
''bold''
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
//italics//
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
'''italic'''
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
__underlined__
 
__underline__
 
%%%underlined%%%
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
''monospace''
 
`monospaced`
 
N/A
 
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
 
--(strikethrough)--
 
%%strikethrough%%
 
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^superscript^
 
N/A
 
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
,,subscript,,
 
N/A
 
~~subscript~~
Images 
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
 
{{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
 
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text 
Plugin
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
indented text
 
N/A
 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists 
* item 1
* item 1.1
* 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 
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists 
Plugin
 
term:: definition
 
:term|definition
 
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule 
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