Foswiki vs. GWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
2.1.9
2.4.0
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-12-18 (11 months ago)
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Roger Rene Kommer
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License, Version 2.0
LGPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
Java
Perl
Python
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
Free
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
All Java Servlet Container, included
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Java 1.8+
perl 4 or newer
None
various opt. helpers
A common browser
Datastorage Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
Google Datastore
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal and external with adapter
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Yes
Optional
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
117 ⭐
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
8486 ⭐
Common Features Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
German, English
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Links Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Output Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Contents
No
No
Extras Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples Foswiki GWiki KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[http://example.com]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
*Bold Format*
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
Italics Format
_italic_
_Italic format_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
+Unterlined+
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{Monospace}}
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-StrikeThrough-
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^Superscript^
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
~Subscript~
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
---
----
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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