KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Oddmuse vs. PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim

General Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Version
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
2.3.13
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
0.56
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Alex Schroeder
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Python
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
family people, hackers
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Operating System
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Anything supported by Perl
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
None
Writable data directory
various opt. helpers
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
None (use your web server instead)
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
8486 ⭐
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Links KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Some
Optional
None
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Perl
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Output KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki MoinMoin Oddmuse PhpWiki TiddlyWiki Zim
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
[ 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
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
no example known
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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Depending on plugins:
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not implemented
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