WackoWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. LionWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Version
6.2.1
5.1.21
3.2.4
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2019-07-25 (6 years ago)
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-03-03 (12 days ago)
2019-11-20 (6 years ago)
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Adam Živnéř
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
BSD
GPL v2
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
advanced users, minimalists
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
OS Independent
Any
All PHP supported
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
A common browser
None
Datastorage WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
No
Optional
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
No
No
Other
MariaDB
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
Optional
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
56 ⭐
8562 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Links WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
JavaScript
JavaScript (plugin)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Statistics WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Output WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
No
Abbreviations
Patch
Unknown
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Optional
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples WackoWiki TiddlyWiki LionWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
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
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
''bold''
'''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
//italics//
//italic//
''italics''
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
'__underline__'
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--strikethrough--
'--strikethrough--'
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
[path_to_img.jpg]
{{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%%
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
one
two
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
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
: description
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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