TiddlyWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Version
5.1.21
6.2.1
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 day ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2026-03-03 (1 day ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Any
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Optional
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
MariaDB
No
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
8556 ⭐
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki WackoWiki 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 WackoWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
No
Links TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
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 WackoWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
All
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
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
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
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki WackoWiki 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 WackoWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
No
Media and Files TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
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
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Forums
Plugin
Optional
No
Blogs
Yes
Optional
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= 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}}}
##monospace##
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
one
two
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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