GWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki

General Features GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Version
2.4.0
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All Java Servlet Container, included
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
Google Datastore
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
-----
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