MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. ProWiki

General Features MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Version
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.0.045
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Helmut Leitner
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
System Requirements MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Other Requirements
None
various opt. helpers
none
Datastorage MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Patch
No
Links MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PhpWiki ProWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
[[strike]strikethrough text]
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
<sup>text</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
<sub>text</sub>
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
Text Indentation
indented text
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
: indented line
:: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
# numbered list
## numbered list
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
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