WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. WiGit

General Features WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Version
6.2.1
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
0.1
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files, RCS
other
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Private users
System Requirements WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
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
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Git
Datastorage WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Yes
No
Other
MariaDB
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
nofollow
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
No
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Links WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
Some
All
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Section Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Output WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
Plugin
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Patch
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Patch
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki WiGit
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[InternalLink]
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://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
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
---++++++ Level 6
h1. Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
*Bold*
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
_Italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
+underlined+
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
~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}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
>Right-aligned
Text Indentation
one
two
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
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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