TWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PhpWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Version
TWiki-6.1.0
5.1.21
phpwiki-1.3.14
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2007-07-01 (18 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2009-04-03 (16 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
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
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl, JavaScript
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
N/A
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Individuals, private, small groups
Any
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
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
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
A common browser
various opt. helpers
None
Datastorage TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
No
Yes
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
No
Security/Anti-Spam TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
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
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
8538 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
4
German, English, French, Japanese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
Links TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
plugins, templates, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
Extras TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Blogs
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples TWiki TiddlyWiki PhpWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
 
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link 
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
 
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
---++++++ Level 6

! 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''
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format 
_italic_
 
//italic//
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format 
<u>underline</u>
 
__underline__
 
<u>underlined</u>
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

{{{monospaced}}}
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>



`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
--strikethrough--
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
 
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^^superscript^^
 
<sup>above</sup>
 
^superscript^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
~~subscript~~
 
<sub>below</sub>
 
,,subscript,,
Images 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
 
[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 
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
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 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

:indent

> quote

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

or 
paragraph
and another level 

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