TiddlyWiki vs. LionWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Version
5.1.21
3.2.4
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Adam Živnéř
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL v2
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
advanced users, minimalists
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Any
All PHP supported
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
A common browser
None
Datastorage TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8562 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
No
Links TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
JavaScript (plugin)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Optional
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
//italic//
''italics''
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underline__
'__underline__'
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
'--strikethrough--'
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[path_to_img.jpg]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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