DokuWiki vs. PBwiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Version
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
N/A
1.9.11
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
N/A
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2010-08-16 (13 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
Author
Andreas Gohr
PBworks
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
GPL 2
N/A
GPL
BSD
Programming Language
PHP
N/A
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
N/A
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Determined by Solution Needs
0
0
Development status
Mature
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
Business Enterprises
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Individuals, private, small groups
Hosting Features DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
No limit
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
None
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
Root Access
No
N/A
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
N/A
None
A common browser
Datastorage DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
N/A
Yes
Optional
MySQL
No
N/A
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
N/A
No
No
Oracle
No
N/A
No
No
SQLite
No
N/A
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
N/A
No
No
RCS
No
N/A
No
No
Other
None
N/A
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
Optional
No
nofollow
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
Optional
No
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
3582 ⭐
N/A
N/A
7039 ⭐
Common Features DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
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
1
English
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Plugin
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
N/A
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Links DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
Optional, PHP
Javascript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
JavaScript
Content Includes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Statistics DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Output DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
No
Extras DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples DokuWiki PBwiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCaseLink or [Free Link]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[http://www.externallink.com]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
!!!!!! Level 6
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underlined__
__underline__
__underline__
__underline__
Monospace Format
''monospace''
<code>monospace</code>
`monospaced`
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
<del>strikethrough</del>
-strikethrough-
--(strikethrough)--
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
Images
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[http://www.imagelocation.com/image.jpg
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
Aligning Text
Plugin
<left>, <center>, <right>
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
N/A
Indented block
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Bullet #1
* Bullet #2
** SubBullet #1
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Number #1
# Number #2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
Plugin
<dl>
</dl>
term:: definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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