EditMe vs. XoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Zwiki

General Features EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Version
N/A
0.113
1.9.11
0.61
Last Release Date
N/A
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-07-12 (16 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
EditMe, LLC
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
BSD
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
N/A
XOTcl and Tcl
Python
Python
Data Storage
N/A
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
From $4.95/mo
Free
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Teams, Groups, Companies, Individuals
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Hosting Features EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Storage Quota
25MB to 4GB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
1GB to 25GB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
System Requirements EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Operating System
N/A
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
any
Root Access
N/A
Yes
No
No
Webserver
N/A
AOLServer
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Zope
Other Requirements
N/A
None
Datastorage EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Text Files
N/A
No
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
N/A
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
N/A
Yes
No
Plugin
Oracle
N/A
Yes
No
Plugin
SQLite
N/A
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
No
Unknown
RCS
N/A
No
No
Unknown
Other
N/A
No
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Unknown
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Unknown
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Development/Support EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
3
German, English, Spanish
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Links EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
CamelCase
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Scripting
JavaScript
Yes
plugins, see comment ---------------->
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Statistics EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Output EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Unknown
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples EditMe XoWiki MoinMoin Zwiki
Internal Link
[[PageName]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
[[http://... Link Text]], or Use WYSIWYG editor
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
Use WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-B
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-I
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
Use WYSIWYG editor, Ctl-U
__underline__
Monospace Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
Subscript Format
Use WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
Images
[[ImageName]] or Use WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
Use WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
Use WYSIWYG editor
indented text
Bulleted Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
Use WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
Use WYSIWYG editor
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