WiGit vs. DokuWiki vs. WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PukiWiki

General Features WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Version
0.1
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
6.2.0
1.9.11
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-07 (9 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2016-03-23 (9 years ago)
Author
Remko Tronçon
Andreas Gohr
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
BSD
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
other
Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users
personal, small to medium companies
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
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
Git
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 WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
No
Other
Git repositories
None
MariaDB
No
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4526 ⭐
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Yes
No
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Links WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
Optional, PHP
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Output WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
No
Extras WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
No
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Optional
Chat
Unknown
No
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples WiGit DokuWiki WackoWiki MoinMoin PukiWiki
Internal Link
[InternalLink]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
"External link":http://externallink.com
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
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
h1. Headline
====== 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 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
*Bold*
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
Italics Format
_Italics_
//italics//
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underlined__
__underline__
__underline__
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
@monospace@
''monospace''
##monospace##
`monospaced`
N/A
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
N/A
Subscript Format
~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
vvsubscriptvv
,,subscript,,
N/A
Images
!image.jpg!
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
((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
>Right-aligned
Plugin
{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
N/A
one
two
indented text
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
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
Plugin
{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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