Wiki.js vs. Zim vs. MoinMoin

General Features Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Version
2.5.299
0.56
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2023-06-03 (3 years ago)
2012-04-02 (14 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2023-07-30 (2 years ago)
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Nicolas Giard
Jaap Karssenberg
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-v3
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Javascript
Python
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everyone
Private users, small teams
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Operating System
All
Linux, Windows, OSX
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
All
None
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
Node.js
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
None
Datastorage Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Optional
Plugin
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Text Files with index in SQLite
No
Security/Anti-Spam Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
No
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
File permissions
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
Yes
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
28432 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
Flat
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
No
Links Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Yes
Syntax Features Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
None
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
none
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
No
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
No
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JS, CSS
None
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Usability Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Optional
No
Yes
Statistics Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Optional
No
Yes
Output Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Yes
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Unknown
No
Media and Files Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Extras Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
No
No
Plugin
Presentations
No
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
No
Optional
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Wiki.js Zim MoinMoin
Internal Link
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
=== Heading ===
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**Bold Text**
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
*Italic Text*
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`Monospace Code`
``monospace``
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
~~Strikethrough Text~~
~~strike~~
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^Superscript Text^
^{sup}
^superscript^
Subscript Format
~Subscript Text~
_{sub}
,,subscript,,
Images
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{{./image.png}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
not implemented
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
indent with tabs
indented text
Bulleted Lists
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
not implemented
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