Foswiki vs. PmWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

General Features Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Version
2.1.8
2.3.33
1.9.11
26.2, 24.6 LTS, 21.9 LTS
Last Release Date
2023-08-05 (9 months ago)
2024-04-20 (15 days ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2023-11-15 (5 months ago)
Last Update here
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
2024-04-21 (14 days ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2024-04-01 (1 month ago)
Author
Foswiki Community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Tiki Software Community Association
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
LGPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
All
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Needing not just a robust wiki, but a full-featured CMS/Groupware with a bug tracker, discussion forums, blogs, etc.
System Requirements Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Operating System
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS X and probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Works on standard shared hosting
Other Requirements
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
none
None
None
Datastorage Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Other
caching of content into database using plugins
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, IMAP, InterTiki, Vpopmail, Basic HTTP authentication
Host Blocking
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
Optional
No
No
Development/Support Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
97 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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 Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
35
Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Dynamic Variables more info ===>>
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Section Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Output Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Office Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media and Files Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Extras Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Forums
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Chat
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Examples Foswiki PmWiki MoinMoin Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Internal Link
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
((Name of page))
or
((Name of page|link to a page))
or
(semantic(link to a page))
or, if activated:
CamelCase WikiWords
External Link
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[http://example.com]
or
[http://example.com|label]
Headlines
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
-= Titlebar =-
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
*bold*
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
__bold__
Italics Format
_italic_
''italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
{+underlined+}
__underline__
===underline===
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
@@monospace@@
`monospaced`
-+monospace+-
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
--(strikethrough)--
--strike--
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^superscript^
{SUP()}text{SUP}
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
{SUB()}text{SUB}
Images
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
{img src=http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}
Aligning Text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
::centered text::
Text Indentation
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indented text
leading spaces, if activated.
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
: term : definition
term:: definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
---
----
----
-----
------
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