XoWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. WackoWiki

General Features XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Version
0.113
1.9.11
6.3.0
Last Release Date
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-07-18 (26 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2026-07-18 (26 days ago)
Author
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
WackoWiki Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
XOTcl and Tcl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
Free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
System Requirements XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Operating System
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
OS Independent
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
AOLServer
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Other Requirements
None
mod_rewrite (optional)
Datastorage XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Optional
Blacklist
Unknown
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
Development/Support XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
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 XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
3
German, English, Spanish
1
English
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Yes
No
Plugin
Links XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
All
Math formulas
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Patch
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Unknown
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
Yes
plugins, see comment ---------------->
actions (PHP)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Section Editing
Optional
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Statistics XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Unknown
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Unknown
No
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Patch
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Unknown
Plugin
Patch
Office Export
Unknown
No
Patch
Media and Files XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Contents
Extras XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Optional
Blogs
Unknown
No
Optional
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Patch
Syntax Examples XoWiki MoinMoin WackoWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italics//
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
##monospace##
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
,,subscript,,
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
indented text
one
two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


Definition Lists
term:: definition
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Horizontal Rule
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