wxWikiServer vs. WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. DokuWiki vs. WiGit

General Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Version
1.5.11c
6.2.1
1.9.11
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
0.1
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)
2008-07-21 (17 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)
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Andreas Gohr
Remko Tronçon
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
BSD
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
Programming Language
C++
PHP
Python
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files
other
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Beta
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
personal, small to medium companies
Private users
System Requirements wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
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
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
Git
Datastorage wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
No
None
Git repositories
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Optional
No
Development/Support wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
4580 ⭐
N/A
Common Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
0
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Comments
Flat
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Links wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
simple
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
no
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Optional, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Usability wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Output wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
No
Plugin
Unknown
Media and Files wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
No
Extras wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin DokuWiki WiGit
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]]
[InternalLink]
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]]
"External link":http://externallink.com
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 ==
h1. Headline
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
*Bold*
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italics//
_Italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
__underlined__
+underlined+
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
##monospace##
`monospaced`
''monospace''
@monospace@
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<del>strikethrough</del>
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
~subscript~
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}}
!image.jpg!
Aligning Text
] centred text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Plugin
>Right-aligned
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
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
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
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
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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