MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki vs. SubWiki vs. Zwiki

General Features MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Version
1.9.11
1.5.1
0.1-dev
0.61
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
no official
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2006-02-14 (20 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
Greg Stein
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Academic Free License
GPLv2
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Python
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
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 CGI support
Zope
Other Requirements
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
MySQL
No
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Patch
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Unknown
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Patch
Development/Support MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Namespaces
No
No
Unknown
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Structured Data
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Links MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Patch
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
None
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
No
Optional
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Optional
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
None
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Section Editing
No
Patch
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
No
No
No
Output MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Filenames only
Extras MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Blogs
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PukiWiki SubWiki Zwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
'''italic'''
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
N/A
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
N/A
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
%%strikethrough%%
N/A
Superscript Format
^superscript^
N/A
N/A
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
N/A
N/A
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
N/A
Text Indentation
indented text
N/A
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
:term|definition
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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