MoinMoin vs. TightWiki

General Features MoinMoin TightWiki
Version
1.9.11
2.39.3
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-10-03 (13 days ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-10-06 (10 days ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
NetworkDLS
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT
Programming Language
Python
C#
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Small to medium business and personal use.
System Requirements MoinMoin TightWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
IIS / Kestrel / nginx
Other Requirements
None
.NET runtime
Datastorage MoinMoin TightWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
No
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TightWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
yes
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Development/Support MoinMoin TightWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
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Common Features MoinMoin TightWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin TightWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
48
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Moldavian, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Optional
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
Links MoinMoin TightWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features MoinMoin TightWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TightWiki proprietary
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin TightWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Statistics MoinMoin TightWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Output MoinMoin TightWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
No
Media and Files MoinMoin TightWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras MoinMoin TightWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Plugin
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TightWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[Home, Take me home]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[[https://Tightwiki.com, Go to TightWiki]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
==Header
===Sub Header
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**this is bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
//this is Italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
__this is underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
{{Code(bash)
This is syntax highlighted monospace text.
}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
~~this is strikethrough~~
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^^Large
^^^^Larger
^^^^^Even larger
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Would require a plugin.
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
##Image(download.jpg)
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
{{Blockquote(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}

-or-

{{Figure(Center, This is the caption)
This is the content text
}}
Text Indentation
indented text
Ony inside bulleted or numbered lists, otherwise would require a plugin.
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
{{Bullets
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}}
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
{{Bullets(Ordered)
Item 1
>Sub item 1.1
>Sub item 1.2
Item 2
>Sub item 2.1
}}
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Would require a plugin.
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
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##HR
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