ikiwiki vs. MoinMoin vs. ThoughtFarmer

General Features ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Version
2.67
1.9.11
6.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2013-01-21 (11 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2013-01-22 (11 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
No
License
GPL
GPL
Commercial
Programming Language
Perl
Python
ASP.NET C#
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Intranet, Corporate, Private
System Requirements ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Operating System
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
IIS
Other Requirements
None
Datastorage ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
No
Other
No
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
No
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Development/Support ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Links ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
No
Quoting
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
plugins, see comment ---------------->
javascript (optional)
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
Contents
Extras ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki MoinMoin ThoughtFarmer
Internal Link
[[internal]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
wysiwyg rich text editor
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
wysiwyg rich text editor
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

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

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
wysiwyg rich text editor
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
wysiwyg rich text editor
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
''italic''
''emphasised''
wysiwyg rich text editor
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
wysiwyg rich text editor
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
`monospaced`
wysiwyg rich text editor
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--(strikethrough)--
wysiwyg rich text editor
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^superscript^
wysiwyg rich text editor
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
wysiwyg rich text editor
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
wysiwyg rich text editor
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
wysiwyg rich text editor
Text Indentation
indented text
wysiwyg rich text editor
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
wysiwyg rich text editor
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
wysiwyg rich text editor
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
term:: definition
wysiwyg rich text editor
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
----
-----
------
wysiwyg rich text editor
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