GWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Zim

General Features GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Version
2.4.0
1.9.11
0.56
Last Release Date
2018-06-15 (7 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-16 (7 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
Roger Rene Kommer
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Private users, small teams
System Requirements GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Operating System
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OSX
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
None
Other Requirements
Java 1.8+
None
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage GWiki MoinMoin Zim
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
Plugin
Other
Google Datastore
No
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Internal and external with adapter
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
File permissions
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support GWiki MoinMoin Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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 Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
1
English
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
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
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links GWiki MoinMoin Zim
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features GWiki MoinMoin Zim
HTML Tags
All
Some
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
plugins, see comment ---------------->
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Usability GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Section Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
No
Output GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Media and Files GWiki MoinMoin Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Plugin
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples GWiki MoinMoin Zim
Internal Link
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
[http://example.com]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
*Bold Format*
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
Italics Format
_Italic format_
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italic//
Underline Format
+Unterlined+
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{Monospace}}
`monospaced`
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
-StrikeThrough-
--(strikethrough)--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^Superscript^
^superscript^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
~Subscript~
,,subscript,,
_{sub}
Images
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
not implemented
Text Indentation
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
indented text
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
term:: definition
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
----
-----
------
not implemented
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