MoinMoin vs. ProntoWiki

General Features MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Version
1.9.11
1.0.1
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-10-16 (today)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2006-08-23 (20 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Clay Alberty
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
IIS 5+
Other Requirements
None
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Datastorage MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Unknown
Other
No
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
.NET Membership platform
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin ProntoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
No
Special Features MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Links MoinMoin ProntoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin ProntoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Optional
Quoting
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Usability MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Statistics MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Unknown
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Output MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin ProntoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Extras MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Forums
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin ProntoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[pagename]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
{title|url}
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!, !!, !!!
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
__under__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<<super>> (using custom tags)
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
available through custom tags
Text Indentation
indented text
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
+
++
+++
++++
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
#
##
###
####
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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