MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. WikkaWiki

General Features MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Version
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.4.2
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2020-04-20 (5 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Wikka Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
System Requirements MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
any (platform-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
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Other Requirements
None
various opt. helpers
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
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
Active Directory (patch)
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
# 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
42 ⭐
Common Features MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Patch
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Patch
Plugin
Links MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Patch
Syntax Features MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
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
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Patch
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Patch
Statistics MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Patch
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Patch
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
Patch
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Yes
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Extras MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Calendar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Yes
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PhpWiki WikkaWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
External Link 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file

http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
 
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
Headlines 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3

====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
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>



##monospaced##
Strikethrough Format 
--(strikethrough)--
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
++Strike through text++
Superscript Format 
^superscript^
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
""<sub>Subscript</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://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.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 text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
Text Indentation 
indented text
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 

(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
# list
 
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
Definition Lists 
term:: definition
 
Term:<def>
def
 
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
Horizontal Rule 
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