ikiwiki vs. Sputnik vs. MoinMoin

General Features ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Version
2.67
8.08.13
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Yuri Takhteyev
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT/X
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Lua
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Small teams or private users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Operating System
Any
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
None
Datastorage ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Yes
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Links ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
CamelCase
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
No
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Lua, JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Plugin
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
No
Usability ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
No
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Sputnik MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[Sputnik]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
# Sputnik
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Sputnik
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Sputnik
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
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Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
- - -
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