KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PmWiki

General Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
2.5.4
Last Release Date
2005-03-22 (20 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2025-12-06 (11 days ago)
Author
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
System Requirements KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
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. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
None
none
Datastorage KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Plugin
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Optional
Development/Support KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Preview
Optional
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
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media and Files KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Filenames only
Extras KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
Yes
No
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
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://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* 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
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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