MoinMoin vs. WackoWiki

General Features MoinMoin WackoWiki
Version
1.9.11
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-07-18 (4 days ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-07-18 (4 days ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements MoinMoin WackoWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS Independent
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
None
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage MoinMoin WackoWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin WackoWiki
# 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 WackoWiki
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Links MoinMoin WackoWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features MoinMoin WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
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
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Usability MoinMoin WackoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics MoinMoin WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Output MoinMoin WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
No
Patch
Media and Files MoinMoin WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras MoinMoin WackoWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Forums
No
Optional
Blogs
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
No
Patch
Syntax Examples MoinMoin WackoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
indented text
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
term:: definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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