TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Version
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
A common browser
various opt. helpers
None
Datastorage TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
8501 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
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 PhpWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Patch
No
Links TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + 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
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
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
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
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 PhpWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Plugin
Yes
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

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


`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
<strike>striked through</strike>
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
<sup>above</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
<sub>below</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[ 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
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

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