WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki

General Features WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Version
6.2.0
1.9.11
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Root Access
No
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
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
No
Structured Data
Plugin
No
No
Links WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Optional
Blogs
Optional
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Optional
Chat
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
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
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`monospaced`
N/A
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
N/A
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
,,subscript,,
N/A
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
one
two
indented text
N/A
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- 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
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ 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
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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