WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features WackoWiki MoinMoin
Version
6.2.1
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (1 day ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (1 day ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements WackoWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
Webserver
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
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage WackoWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
Oracle
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
RCS
No
No
Other
MariaDB
No
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
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
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Links WackoWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Output WackoWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
No
Media and Files WackoWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Extras WackoWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Forums
Optional
No
Blogs
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Patch
No
Syntax Examples WackoWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
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 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
Images
((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
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
one
two
indented text
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
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
{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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