ErfurtWiki vs. PodWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.9.1
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Thomas Linden
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
GPL / none
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
average to advanced users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
any
Unix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
apache
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
none
mod_rewrite optional
None
Datastorage ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
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
Yes
No
Other
no
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
No
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
builtin
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Plugin
No
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
No
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Links ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Yes
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
optional
Perl
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Optional
No
Yes
PDF Export
Optional
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki PodWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
=head1 The Weather
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
B<bold>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
''ialic text''
I<italics>
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
optional or via css
via html only
__underline__
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
put a space in front of monospaced text
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
via html only
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
via html only
^superscript^
Subscript Format
optional or via css
via html only
,,subscript,,
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
G<logo.png>
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
optional or via css
via stylesheet only
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
via stylesheet only
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
via html only
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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