MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. WikiASP

General Features MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Version
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
FREE
Programming Language
Python
Perl, JavaScript
ASP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Windows
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
IIS
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
No
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
No
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
Yes
Unknown
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
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
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Unknown
nofollow
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Development/Support MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
# 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 WikiASP
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
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
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Unknown
BBCode Support
No
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Usability MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Output MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TWiki WikiASP
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
WikiWord
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

Definition Lists
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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