Instiki vs. WackoWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Version
0.30.0
6.1.25
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2024-04-11 (1 month ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
Author
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
Ruby's
BSD
GPL 2
GPL
Programming Language
Ruby on Rails
PHP
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
general, education
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
personal, small to medium companies
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
OS Independent
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
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
Ruby 2.0-2.6
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
No
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
MariaDB
None
No
Security/Anti-Spam Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Optional
No
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
Optional
No
Development/Support Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
478 ⭐
32 ⭐
3582 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
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
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
20
Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Links Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
None
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
No
Usability Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
No
Media and Files Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
Extras Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Forums
No
Optional
No
No
Blogs
No
Optional
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Syntax Examples Instiki WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link 
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link 
[another site](http://example.com)
 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines 
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######

== 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 =====
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
**bold**
 
**bold**
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format 
_italic_, *italic*
 
//italics//
 
//italics//
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format 
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
 
__underline__
 
__underlined__
 
__underline__
Monospace Format 
`monospace`
 
##monospace##
 
''monospace''
 
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format 
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
 
--strikethrough--
 
<del>strikethrough</del>
 
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^^superscript^^
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
^superscript^
Subscript Format 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
vvsubscriptvv
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
,,subscript,,
Images 
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
 
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
 
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text 
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
 
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
Plugin
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation 
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
 
one
two
 
N/A
 
indented text
Bulleted Lists 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists 
term
: definition
 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 
Plugin
 
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule 
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