PukiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PmWiki

General Features PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Version
1.5.1
1.9.11
2.5.6
Last Release Date
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-02-08 (19 days ago)
Last Update here
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-02-08 (19 days ago)
Author
PukiWiki Development Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
One theme, one PukiWiki
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
System Requirements PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Operating System
OS independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
None
none
Datastorage PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Development/Support PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
To current
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
Yes
Links PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Patch
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
No
Plugin
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Section Editing
Patch
No
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Patch
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Output PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Optional
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media and Files PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
Optional
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Optional
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples PukiWiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Internal Link
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!!#anchor Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
'''italic'''
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
N/A
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
%%strikethrough%%
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
N/A
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
N/A
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
Images
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
N/A
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
term:: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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