PhpWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
5.1.21
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
Individuals, private, small groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
A common browser
None
Datastorage PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8557 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Patch
Yes
No
Links PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Statistics PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Forums
Yes
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PhpWiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
[ 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
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
; term
: description
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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----
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