MoinMoin vs. TiddlyWiki vs. TWiki vs. Zim

General Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Version
1.9.11
5.1.21
TWiki-6.1.0
0.56
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Perl, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Individuals, private, small groups
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users, small teams
System Requirements MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, Windows, OSX
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Not required (optional backends available)
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
None
Other Requirements
None
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Datastorage MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Text Files with index in SQLite
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
File permissions
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Development/Support MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8486 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
No
Links MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Syntax Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
JavaScript
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Statistics MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Output MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
No
Extras MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TiddlyWiki TWiki Zim
Internal Link 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
 
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage
External Link 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file

http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
 
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
Headlines 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6

=== Heading ===
Bold Format 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
''bold''
 
*bold*

**bold**
Italics Format 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
//italic//
 
_italic_
 
//italic//
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
__underline__
 
<u>underline</u>
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
`monospaced`
 
{{{monospaced}}}
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

``monospace``
Strikethrough Format 
--(strikethrough)--
 
--strikethrough--
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
~~strike~~
Superscript Format 
^superscript^
 
^^superscript^^
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^{sup}
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
~~subscript~~
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
_{sub}
Images 
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
 
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
 
{{./image.png}}
Aligning Text 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
not implemented
Text Indentation 
indented text
 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

indent with tabs
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
Definition Lists 
term:: definition
 
; term
: description
 
$ Term: Definition
 
not implemented
Horizontal Rule 
----
-----
------
 
----
 
---
 
not implemented
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