DokuWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki

General Features DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
6.2.0
1.9.11
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
BSD
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
None
MariaDB
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
4526 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Links DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Output DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
No
Extras DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
No
Optional
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
No
Optional
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Chat
No
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Internal Link 
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link 
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file

http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
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 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
**bold**
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
//italics//
 
//italics//
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
__underlined__
 
__underline__
 
__underline__
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
''monospace''
 
##monospace##
 
`monospaced`
 
N/A
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
 
--strikethrough--
 
--(strikethrough)--
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^^superscript^^
 
^superscript^
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
vvsubscriptvv
 
,,subscript,,
 
N/A
Images 
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
 
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
{{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 
Plugin
 
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
N/A
 
one
two
 
indented text
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
Plugin
 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 
term:: definition
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
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