KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Perl
Python
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Root Access
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
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
None
various opt. helpers
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Yes
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
No
Development/Support KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
Yes
No
Patch
No
Links KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
No
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Output KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
No
Extras KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link 
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
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://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format 
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
 
''bold''
Italics Format 
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
 
'''italic'''
Underline Format 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
__underline__
 
<u>underlined</u>
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
 
`monospaced`
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



N/A
Strikethrough Format 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
--(strikethrough)--
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
^superscript^
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
,,subscript,,
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
N/A
Images 
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
 
[ 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

#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text 
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>


CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
indented text
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 

N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
# list
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
 
term:: definition
 
Term:<def>
def
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
 
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