wxWikiServer vs. WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. DokuWiki

General Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Version
1.5.11c
6.2.1
1.9.11
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
Last Release Date
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (20 years ago)
2026-03-03 (13 days ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Andreas Gohr
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
BSD
GPL
GPL 2
Programming Language
C++
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
personal, small to medium companies
System Requirements wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
built-in
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, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
No
None
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
unknown
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Optional
Development/Support wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
4580 ⭐
Common Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
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
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
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Flat
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Links wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Scripting
no
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Yes
Usability wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
No
Plugin
Media and Files wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
External Link
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
Headlines
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
== 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 ==
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
__underlined__
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
##monospace##
`monospaced`
''monospace''
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
Aligning Text
] centred text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Plugin
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
one
two
indented text
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
* two.1
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
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
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
term:: definition
Plugin
Horizontal Rule
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