MoinMoin vs. Oddmuse vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim

General Features MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Version
1.9.11
2.3.13
5.1.21
0.56
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-09-04 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Alex Schroeder
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
family people, hackers
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
System Requirements MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Anything supported by Perl
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Other Requirements
None
Writable data directory
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Plugin
Other
No
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
None (use your web server instead)
optional extensions available
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
No
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
88 ⭐
8486 ⭐
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
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 Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Links MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Features MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Optional
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Optional
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Perl
JavaScript
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Statistics MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Output MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Presentations
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Optional
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin Oddmuse TiddlyWiki Zim
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
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
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
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
''bold''
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italic//
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
Superscript Format
^superscript^
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
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)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
no example known
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
Text Indentation
indented text
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
not implemented
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
------
Depending on plugins:
----
----
not implemented
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