WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. WikiASP

General Features WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Version
6.2.0
1.9.11
1.6.2
Last Release Date
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2005-10-13 (20 years ago)
Last Update here
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2006-08-26 (19 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Elrey Ronald V.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
FREE
Programming Language
PHP
Python
ASP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Non-IT, Student, Hobbyist
System Requirements WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Operating System
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Windows
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
IIS
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Optional ADOX FSO components on IIS
Datastorage WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Text Files
No
Yes
Unknown
MySQL
Yes
No
Unknown
PostgreSQL
No
No
Unknown
Oracle
No
No
Unknown
SQLite
Yes
No
Unknown
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Unknown
RCS
No
No
Unknown
Other
MariaDB
No
MS Access DB
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
Optional
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
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
0
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
Yes
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Unknown
Links WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Unknown
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Unknown
Image Links
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
HTML Tags
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Tables
simple
complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
Yes
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Unknown
Textile Support
No
No
Unknown
BBCode Support
Patch
No
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Unknown
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Section Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Output WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Patch
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
XML export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
Unknown
Office Export
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Optional
No
Unknown
Blogs
Optional
No
Unknown
Ticket System
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki MoinMoin WikiASP
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[New Cnn|http://www.cnn.com]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
==Headline1
===Headline2
====Headline3
=====Headline4
Bold Format
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''BoldFormat'''

{bold}BoldFormat{/b}
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
''The quotation''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
`monospaced`
<space char here>This is mono
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
_This is Strike Through_
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
,,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}}
image:http://wite/image/icon.jpg

image:local:icon.jpg
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
>Indent 1
>>Indent2
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Test
* Bullets
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. Test Numeer
1. Test Two

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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