MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Version
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.5.1
2.67
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
PukiWiki Development Team
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
One theme, one PukiWiki
Anyone
System Requirements MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Any
Root Access
No
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
Any, or none
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 ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
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
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Namespaces
No
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Patch
No
Unknown
Links MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
No
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Output MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Extras MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PhpWiki PukiWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
[[internal]]
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]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
'''italic'''
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


N/A
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
%%strikethrough%%
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
N/A
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
N/A
via HTML: a<sub>1</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
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
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
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
:term|definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
------
----
--------------------
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
remove MoinMoin remove PhpWiki remove PukiWiki remove ikiwiki