MoinMoin vs. Oddmuse vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Foswiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Version
1.9.11
2.3.13
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
2.1.11
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2026-03-15 (6 months ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2026-03-15 (6 months ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Alex Schroeder
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Foswiki Community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MPL-2.0
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
Perl
PHP
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
Free!
$0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
family people, hackers
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Anything supported by Perl
Linux / Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Anything PHP enabled
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
None
Writable data directory
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
A common browser
Datastorage MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
No
Other
No
No
n/a
caching of content into database using plugins
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
None (use your web server instead)
None yet
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Development/Support MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
89 ⭐
206 ⭐
118 ⭐
8657 ⭐
Common Features MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Features MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Perl
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Keywords
Contents
No
Extras MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Forums
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Blogs
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
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
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
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
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
# Headline
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold text**
*bold*
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_
_italic_
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
`code text`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
~~strikethough text~~
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
sometext^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
sometext~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
Images
{{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)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
no example known
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> Blockquote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* 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
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. A
2. B
3. C
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
$ Term: Definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
------
Depending on plugins:
----
-------
---
----
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