JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Version
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-12-01 (3 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Apache License 2.0
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
all
Any
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
None
Datastorage JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Optional
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Optional
Yes
No
Oracle
Optional
Yes
No
SQLite
Optional
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Optional
Yes
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Security/Anti-Spam JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Development/Support JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
110 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features JSPWiki PhpWiki 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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
No
Links JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Optional
Yes
No
Usability JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Yes
Statistics JSPWiki PhpWiki 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
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Output JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Yes
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples JSPWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
__bold__
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
''italics''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{monospace}}
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
<strike>striked through</strike>
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
<sup>above</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
%%(text-align: right) text %%
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# list
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
;term:definition
Term:<def>
def
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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