wxWikiServer vs. WackoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki

General Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Version
1.5.11c
6.2.0
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2005-12-03 (20 years ago)
2025-12-14 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (19 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 month ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
WackoWiki Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C++
PHP
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Database
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
OS Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
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
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
None
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
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
Yes
Other
MariaDB
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
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
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
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 TWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
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
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Links wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
Scripting
no
actions (PHP)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Yes
Usability wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Output wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Patch
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Media and Files wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer WackoWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
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://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
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
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
##monospace##
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
vvsubscriptvv
,,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}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
] centred text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
one
two
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
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
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:: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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