MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. JSPWiki

General Features MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Version
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
5.1.21
2.11.0
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2021-11-22 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2021-12-01 (4 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
BSD
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
Python
Perl, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
Java
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Individuals, private, small groups
all
System Requirements MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
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
Not required (optional backends available)
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
A common browser
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
SQLite
No
No
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
RCS
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
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
optional extensions available
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
No
Plugin
nofollow
No
Plugin
Unknown
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Development/Support MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
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 TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Links MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Usability MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Statistics MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Output MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Contents
Extras MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TWiki TiddlyWiki JSPWiki
Internal Link 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

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

http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
 
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
 
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
 
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
*bold*

''bold''
 
__bold__
Italics Format 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
_italic_
 
//italic//
 
''italics''
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
<u>underline</u>
 
__underline__
 
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format 
`monospaced`
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

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

| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
 
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation 
indented text
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
 
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists 
term:: definition
 
$ Term: Definition
 
; term
: description
 
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule 
----
-----
------
 
---
 
----
 
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