MoinMoin vs. JSPWiki vs. PmWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
1.9.11
2.11.0
2.7.6
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
2026-09-18 (14 days ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
2026-09-18 (14 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Apache Software Foundation
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL2+
BSD
Programming Language
Python
Java
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
all
All
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
None
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
none
A common browser
Datastorage MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
Optional
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Optional
No
No
Oracle
No
Optional
No
No
SQLite
No
Optional
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Optional
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Other
No
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Plugin
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Development/Support MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
117 ⭐
N/A
8665 ⭐
Common Features MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Statistics MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Output MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin JSPWiki PmWiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
__bold__
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italics''
''italic''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
{{monospace}}
@@monospace@@
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
{-strikethrough-}
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
'^superscript^'
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
'_subscript_'
~~subscript~~
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%%(text-align: right) text %%
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indented text
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
;term:definition
: term : definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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