Instiki vs. Zwiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Version
0.30.0
0.61
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
GPLv2
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Zope
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
None
Datastorage Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Text Files
No
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
Plugin
No
Oracle
Plugin
Plugin
No
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
ZODB (zope object database)
No
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
Patch
No
Development/Support Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
506 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
0
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
No
Links Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Unknown
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Patch
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Optional
No
Scripting
None
DTML
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Usability Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Yes
Toolbar
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Calendar
No
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
Unknown
No
Blogs
No
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Instiki Zwiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[another site](http://example.com)
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
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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