PodWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. MoinMoin

General Features PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Version
0.9.1
N/A
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
N/A
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
BrainKeeper, Inc.
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPL
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
N/A
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Hosting Features PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Storage Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Operating System
Unix
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
apache
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
N/A
None
Datastorage PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
RCS
Yes
N/A
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
Yes
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Usability PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Unknown
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
B<bold>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
I<italics>
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
via html only
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
via html only
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
via html only
^superscript^
Subscript Format
via html only
,,subscript,,
Images
G<logo.png>
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
indented text
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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