MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Version
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
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
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
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, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
various opt. helpers
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
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
No
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
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
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Patch
No
Links MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
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
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Output MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Optional
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file

http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
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>
 
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format 
`monospaced`
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



N/A
Strikethrough Format 
--(strikethrough)--
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format 
^superscript^
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
N/A
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
N/A
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

#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>


CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation 
indented text
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 

N/A
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
 
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
# list
 
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists 
term:: definition
 
Term:<def>
def
 
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule 
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