Zim vs. Git-Wiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Version
0.56
1.0
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2012-04-02 (13 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2012-07-16 (13 years ago)
2022-04-17 (3 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Jaap Karssenberg
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
MIT
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Ruby
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Private users, small teams
Private, Public
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OSX
*nix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
None
Ruby webserver (Mongrel, Unicorn, Thin, Webrick)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
Ruby
None
Datastorage Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
Text Files with index in SQLite
Git
No
Security/Anti-Spam Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
File permissions
Plugin system, backends can be added
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
242 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Preview
No
Plugin
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Plugin
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 Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
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
4
Czech, German, English, French
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
No
No
No
Links Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
No
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
None
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
No
No
No
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
None
XML based, Javascript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Output Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
No
Yes
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
No
No
No
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Zim Git-Wiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage 
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org 
ftp://somehost/share
\\host\share\..
[[http://example.org|The title]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
=== Heading ===
== Section
=== Subsection
==== Sub-subsection

or

== Section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
//italic//
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
__underline__
Monospace Format
``monospace``
<tt>monospace</tt>
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
~~strike~~
<s>strikethrough</s>
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^{sup}
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
_{sub}
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
{{./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
* List item
* sub items
* with indent
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. List item
a. with sub items
b. ...
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
not implemented
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
not implemented
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