PageWork vs. Git-Wiki vs. MoinMoin vs. ButorWiki

General Features PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Version
0.4.8
1.0
1.9.11
2.2.1
Last Release Date
2010-07-20 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-03-09 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-23 (15 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-30 (18 years ago)
Author
Pitt Murmann
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Aiman Sawan
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv3
MIT
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
PHP
Ruby
Python
Java
Data Storage
Database, Files
RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
none
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Medium-sized sites
Private, Public
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
SMB
System Requirements PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Operating System
Any
*nix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any platform that can run Java 1.4+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any webserver
Other Requirements
DBA with bdb or qdbm support
Ruby
None
Tomcat 4.1 +
Datastorage PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Patch
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Proprietary
Plugin system, backends can be added
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
None
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
Yes
No
No
Yes
Development/Support PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Preview
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
No
Special Features PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
German, English
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
Discussion Pages
No
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Links PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Optional
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
XML based, Javascript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Internal Macros
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Usability PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
No
Statistics PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Unknown
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Unknown
Output PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Optional
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Plugin
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Contents
Keywords
Extras PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PageWork Git-Wiki MoinMoin ButorWiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link|alternate text]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
<a href="..."></a>
External Link
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
<a href="..."></a>
Headlines
= L1 =
== L2 ==
=== L3 ===
==== L4 ====
===== L5 =====

= L1
== L2
=== L3
==== L4
===== L5
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
...
Bold Format
This is '''bold''' (or rather, strong).
This is **bold**, too.
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
<b>Bold</b>
Italics Format
This is in ''italics'' (or rather, emphasized).
This is in //italics//, too.
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
<i>Italics</i>
Underline Format
This is __underlined__.
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
<u>Underline</u>
Monospace Format
This is %%monospaced%%.
<tt>monospace</tt>
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
This is --not-- important.
<s>strikethrough</s>
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
a^^2^^ = b^^2^^ + c^^2^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
p^^^n^^^ := {x^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^, y^^^n^^^}
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
{{image|image_file.suffix}}
{{image|image_file.suffix|alternate text}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix}}
{{figure|image_file.suffix|caption text}}
{{Image.png}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
{{p|align:left|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:center|text of paragraph}}
{{p|align:right|text of paragraph}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
> L1 quote
>> L2 quote
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
** two alpha
** two beta
* three
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# one
# two
## two alpha
## two beta
# three
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
----
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