ThoughtFarmer vs. PodWiki vs. BrainKeeper vs. MoinMoin

General Features ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Version
6.0
0.9.1
N/A
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
N/A
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
2007-02-13 (19 years ago)
2008-01-12 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
Thomas Linden
BrainKeeper, Inc.
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
Commercial
GPL
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
ASP.NET C#
Perl
N/A
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
GPL / none
from $35 for 9 logins, scaled pricing from there
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
Intranet, Corporate, Private
average to advanced users
Enterprise, Corporations, and Business Teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Hosting Features ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Storage Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
N/A
Unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
N/A
No Restrictions
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
N/A
No
N/A
System Requirements ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Operating System
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Unix
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
N/A
No
Webserver
IIS
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 ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Text Files
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
MySQL
No
No
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
N/A
No
Oracle
No
No
N/A
No
SQLite
No
No
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
N/A
No
RCS
No
Yes
N/A
No
Other
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
builtin
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Unknown
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
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
N/A
Common Features ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Interface Languages
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
1
English
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
CamelCase
No
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Unknown
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
javascript (optional)
Perl
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Usability ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Output ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Contents
Extras ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Calendar
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples ThoughtFarmer PodWiki BrainKeeper MoinMoin
Internal Link
wysiwyg rich text editor
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
wysiwyg rich text editor
L<http://www.daemon.de>
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
wysiwyg rich text editor
=head1 The Weather
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
B<bold>
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
I<italics>
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
via html only
__underline__
Monospace Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
put a space in front of monospaced text
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
via html only
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
via html only
^superscript^
Subscript Format
wysiwyg rich text editor
via html only
,,subscript,,
Images
wysiwyg rich text editor
G<logo.png>
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
wysiwyg rich text editor
via stylesheet only
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
wysiwyg rich text editor
via stylesheet only
indented text
Bulleted Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
=over

=item* listitem

=back
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
wysiwyg rich text editor
=over

=item 1. listitem

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