MoinMoin vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick vs. Zwiki

General Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Version
1.9.11
5.1.21
0.12.0
0.61
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
legolas558
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPLv2
GPLv2
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
System Requirements MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
OS Independent (Browser Application)
any
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)
Zope
Other Requirements
None
A common browser
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
No
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
No
Unknown
Other
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
ZODB (zope object database)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
optional extensions available
Supports per-page AES encryption
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
No
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Yes
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Patch
Development/Support MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8469 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
2
English, Italian
0
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Links MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Patch
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
JavaScript
JavaScript
DTML
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Patch
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Output MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Extras MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Blogs
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TiddlyWiki Wiki on a Stick Zwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[WoaS test page]]
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
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://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
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 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
*bold text*
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italic//
/italics text/
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
{{{monospaced}}}
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
term:: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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