ikiwiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PmWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Version
2.67
5.1.21
2.3.33
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2024-04-20 (27 days ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2024-04-21 (26 days ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL2+
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
HTML, JavaScript
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
Individuals, private, small groups
All
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Any
Any
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Not required (optional backends available)
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
Other Requirements
A common browser
none
None
Datastorage ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
optional extensions available
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
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Optional
Optional
nofollow
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
# 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 ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
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
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
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
Email notification
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Links ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Footnotes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
JavaScript
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Usability ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media and Files ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples ikiwiki TiddlyWiki PmWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[internal]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[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]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
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 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underline__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{{monospaced}}}
@@monospace@@
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough--
{-strikethrough-}
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
'^superscript^'
^superscript^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
~~subscript~~
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
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}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
%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 ||
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* 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
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# 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
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
; term
: description
: term : definition
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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