ErfurtWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. ProWiki

General Features ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
1.9.11
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Operating System
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
none
None
none
Datastorage ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Text Files
Plugin
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Optional
No
nofollow
Plugin
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
No
Links ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
optional
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Usability ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
Optional
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
Yes
No
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki MoinMoin ProWiki
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''ialic text''
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
optional or via css
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
--(strikethrough)--
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
^superscript^
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
optional or via css
,,subscript,,
<sub>text</sub>
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
optional or via css
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
indented text
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
term:: definition
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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