TiddlyWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki

General Features TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Version
5.1.21
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
System Requirements TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
A common browser
None
various opt. helpers
Datastorage TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
8546 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Patch
Links TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
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
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Extras TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
; term
: description
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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