Drupal Wiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki

General Features Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Version
8.37
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2025-06-05 (1 year ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-06-12 (11 months ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
https://kontextwork.de
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Different licences
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Hosting Features Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
No
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
No
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Operating System
Linux, Unix, Windows, OS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, nginx
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos-SSO
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
Plugin
Development/Support Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
Widgets
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Yes
Output Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Drupal Wiki MoinMoin TWiki
Internal Link
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor with search in a dialog)
alternatively:
[[#123]]
[[#123][label]] 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
(Integrated in WYSIWYG-Editor)
alternatively:
[[http://drupal-wiki.com]]
[[http://drupal-wiki.com][label]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
(Integrated into the WYSIWYG-Editor)
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
Italics Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
Underline Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
(Integrated into the  WYSIWYG-Editor)
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