Git-Wiki vs. ProWiki vs. MoasdaWiki

General Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Version
1.0
2.0.045
3.9.1
Last Release Date
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2022-04-17 (4 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
Author
Helmut Leitner
Herbert Reiter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MIT
GPL
AGPL-3.0-only
Programming Language
Ruby
Perl
Java
Data Storage
RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private, Public
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
personal usage, small teams
System Requirements Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Operating System
*nix
Unix / Linux
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Built-in
Other Requirements
Ruby
none
Java VM 17+
Datastorage Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Yes
No
Other
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Plugin system, backends can be added
N/A
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Preview
Plugin
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Plugin
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
No
No
Interface Languages
4
Czech, German, English, French
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
2
German, English
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
No
No
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Links Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Features Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
No
Usability Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
No
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
No
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
No
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Git-Wiki ProWiki MoasdaWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
External Link
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
Headlines
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
##italic##
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<tt>monospace</tt>
@@monospace font@@
Strikethrough Format
<s>strikethrough</s>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
~~striked through~~
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
Images
{{Image.png}}
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
{{image:wiki.png}}
Aligning Text
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
{{center}}centered text
Text Indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
; term: definition
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
Horizontal Rule
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