Pwic.wiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Zim vs. MoinMoin

General Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Version
1.2
5.1.21
0.56
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-06-24 (1 year ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Team Pwic.wiki
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Jaap Karssenberg
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU Affero General Public License version 3
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Personal, IT consultancy, Software development, Small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
Private users, small teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS
Any
Linux, Windows, OSX
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Stand-alone (Python aiohttp)
Not required (optional backends available)
None
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
A common browser
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
None
Datastorage Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Text Files
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Text Files with index in SQLite
No
Security/Anti-Spam Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
No
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Salted password, OAuth2 (Google, Microsoft, Github), 2FA TOTP
optional extensions available
File permissions
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Optional
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Patch
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
20 ⭐
8594 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
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
Yes
Special Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, French
4
German, English, French, Japanese
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Patch
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
No
Links Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Patch
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Features Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
None
Some
Math formulas
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
External API for automation and bots
JavaScript
None
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Patch
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Output Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Optional
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
No
Contents
Extras Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Calendar
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Pwic.wiki TiddlyWiki Zim MoinMoin
Internal Link
[Paragraph](#p_1_1)
[Page](/project/page)
[Attachment](/special/document/1)
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[Link](https://pwic.wiki/en)
<https://pwic.wiki/en>
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
# Title 1
## Title 2
### Title 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=== Heading ===
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
*italics*
//italic//
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
--underline--
__underline__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`keyword`

```python
print('Block of code')
```
{{{monospaced}}}
``monospace``
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
--strikethrough--
~~strike~~
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
x<sup>2</sup> (trick)
^^superscript^^
^{sup}
^superscript^
Subscript Format
x<sub>2</sub> (trick)
~~subscript~~
_{sub}
,,subscript,,
Images
![Caption](/special/document/1 "Image").
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{./image.png}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
not implemented
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
> Block line 1
> Block line 2
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indent with tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Line 1
2. Line 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
not implemented
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
not implemented
----
-----
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