Friki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki

General Features Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Version
2.1.1
5.1.21
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2004-05-13 (20 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-14 (18 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
Frank Carver
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
ASL or LGPL
BSD
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Java
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
private users and small teams
Individuals, private, small groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Operating System
Any that can run Java 1.3 or later
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any that can run or call Java
Not required (optional backends available)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
Java 1.3 or later
A common browser
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Patch
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Optional
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Development/Support Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Plugin
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
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Links Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
HTML Tags
None
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Optional
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Scripting
JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Output Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
No
Contents
Contents
Extras Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Friki TiddlyWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
'''bold''
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
Italics Format
''italic''
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
monospace
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
http://stringtree.org/friki/logo.gif
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
:        indented
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* first
* second
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. first
1. second
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
title:        description
; term
: description
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
-----
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