Instiki vs. Wikia vs. MoinMoin

General Features Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Version
0.30.0
N/A
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
N/A
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2013-02-18 (13 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Wikia, Inc.
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
Ruby's
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
N/A
Python
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
All users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Hosting Features Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Storage Quota
N/A
unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
none
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Optional
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
N/A
None
Datastorage Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Text Files
No
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Yes
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
N/A
No
Oracle
Plugin
N/A
No
SQLite
Yes
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
N/A
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
##wikia on freenode
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
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
No
No
Yes
Special Features Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Links Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Optional
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Optional
No
Textile Support
Yes
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
No
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
None
Yes
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Unknown
No
Usability Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
Unknown
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
No
Keywords
Contents
Extras Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Calendar
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Instiki Wikia MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
_italic_, *italic*
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospace`
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
term
: definition
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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