TWiki vs. Oddmuse vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
2.3.13
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
5.1.21
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (8 years ago)
2018-09-04 (8 years ago)
2023-02-18 (3 years ago)
2019-07-25 (7 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (7 years ago)
2018-10-27 (7 years ago)
2023-02-19 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Alex Schroeder
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
MPL-2.0
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
free
Free!
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
family people, hackers
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Individuals, private, small groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Anything supported by Perl
Linux / Windows
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Anything PHP enabled
Not required (optional backends available)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Writable data directory
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
A common browser
None
Datastorage TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
No
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
No
n/a
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
None (use your web server instead)
None yet
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Development/Support TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
89 ⭐
206 ⭐
8681 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Links TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Perl
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Usability TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Statistics TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Output TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Keywords
No
Contents
Extras TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Forums
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TWiki Oddmuse Pepperminty Wiki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
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 6
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
# Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
*bold*
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold text**
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
_italic_
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
_italics_
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
`code text`
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
~~strikethough text~~
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
sometext^superscript^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
sometext~subscript~
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
no example known
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
> Blockquote
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
1. A
2. B
3. C
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
; term
: description
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
Depending on plugins:
----
-------
----
----
-----
------
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