MoasdaWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki

General Features MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Version
3.9.1
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2024-10-04 (1 year ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-11-03 (1 year ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
Java
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Patch
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Patch
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
No
Interface Languages
2
German, English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
No
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
No
Yes
Links MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Patch
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Patch
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Optional
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
''bold''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
##italic##
'''italic'''
_italic_
Underline Format
__underlined__
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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