MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. KeheiWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Version
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Pleiades-M45
1.5.1
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2005-03-22 (21 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-12-23 (16 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
team
PukiWiki Development Team
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
LGPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
corporate and special interest groups
One theme, one PukiWiki
Any
System Requirements MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Unix/Linux
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
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)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
perl 4 or newer
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
various opt. helpers
Datastorage MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
RCS
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
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
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Links MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Keywords
No
No
Extras MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TWiki KeheiWiki PukiWiki PhpWiki
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
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
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
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''bold''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''italic'''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
N/A
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
<sub>below</sub>
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
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
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
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
N/A
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
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
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* list
or
- list
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
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
:term|definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
------
---
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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