Zwiki vs. Wikia vs. MoinMoin

General Features Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Version
0.61
N/A
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
N/A
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2013-02-18 (13 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
Wikia, Inc.
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
License
GPLv2
N/A
GPL
Programming Language
Python
N/A
Python
Data Storage
Database
N/A
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
All users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Hosting Features Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Storage Quota
N/A
unlimited
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
unlimited
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
none
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Optional
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Operating System
any
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
N/A
No
Webserver
Zope
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
N/A
None
Datastorage Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Text Files
Plugin
N/A
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
N/A
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
N/A
No
Oracle
Plugin
N/A
No
SQLite
Unknown
N/A
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
N/A
No
RCS
Unknown
N/A
No
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
N/A
No
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Patch
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Yes
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Optional
No
Development/Support Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
N/A
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
##wikia on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
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
No
Yes
Special Features Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
0
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
Flat
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
N/A
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
No
Links Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Optional
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Optional
No
Textile Support
No
Optional
No
BBCode Support
No
Optional
No
Emoticon Images
Patch
Optional
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Optional
Yes
No
Scripting
DTML
Yes
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Unknown
No
Usability Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Patch
Optional
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Media and Files Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Unknown
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Unknown
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Keywords
Contents
Extras Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Calendar
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Forums
Unknown
Yes
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Unknown
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Zwiki Wikia MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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