ErfurtWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. WikkaWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Version
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
5.1.21
2.67
1.4.2
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2005-06-15 (18 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-04-04 (14 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
Author
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Wikka Development Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Public Domain (!)
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
small + medium sites, development teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
any
Any
Any
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
none
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Other
no
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory (patch)
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Patch
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
0
1
English
Email notification
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Links
Patch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Syntax Features ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
optional
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Patch
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Statistics ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
Optional
No
No
Patch
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Output ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Optional
Unknown
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Optional
Unknown
No
Patch
Yes
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Media and Files ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Media Search
No
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples ErfurtWiki TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
__bold text__
**bold text**
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
''ialic text''
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
optional or via css
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
==monospaced text==
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
##monospaced##
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
optional or via css
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
++Strike through text++
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript text^^
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
^superscript^
Subscript Format
optional or via css
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
,,subscript,,
Images
[link to the image.jpg]
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
optional or via css
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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