PodWiki vs. ErfurtWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Version
0.9.1
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2005-06-16 (21 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2010-04-04 (16 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
Public Domain (!)
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
small + medium sites, development teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Unix
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
none
None
Datastorage PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Plugin
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Plugin
Optional
nofollow
No
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Patch
No
Development/Support PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Plugin
Yes
Change Summary
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
No
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Patch
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
Email notification
No
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
No
Links PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
Perl
optional
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Patch
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Optional
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Optional
Yes
PDF Export
No
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples PodWiki ErfurtWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
=head1 The Weather
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
B<bold>
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
I<italics>
''ialic text''
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
via html only
optional or via css
__underline__
Monospace Format
put a space in front of monospaced text
==monospaced text==
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
via html only
optional or via css
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
via html only
^^superscript text^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
via html only
optional or via css
,,subscript,,
Images
G<logo.png>
[link to the image.jpg]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
via stylesheet only
optional or via css
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
via stylesheet only
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
indented text
Bulleted Lists
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
via html only
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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