MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. KeheiWiki

General Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Version
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Pleiades-M45
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
corporate and special interest groups
System Requirements MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Unix/Linux
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
perl 4 or newer
Datastorage MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Apache
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Development/Support MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Links MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Extras MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Text Indentation
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Definition Lists
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
------
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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