KeheiWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki vs. PmWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TWiki

General Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Version
Pleiades-M45
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
2.3.33
1.5.1
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2005-03-21 (19 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
2024-04-20 (15 days ago)
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-12-23 (14 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
2024-04-21 (14 days ago)
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
PukiWiki Development Team
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
LGPL
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Python
PHP
PHP
PHP
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
corporate and special interest groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
All
One theme, one PukiWiki
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Operating System
Unix/Linux
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache 1.3 or better CGI (any level)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
perl 4 or newer
None
various opt. helpers
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
No
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
archiving plugin, designed for unionFS
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Apache
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Patch
Plugin
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Optional
No
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Blacklist
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Patch
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
Plugin
No
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Development/Support KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Preview
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, 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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Structured Data
Yes
No
Patch
Yes
No
Yes
Links KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
HTML Tags
All
Some
Some
Plugin
Plugin
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
No
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Yes - custom tags, javascript, variables
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Usability KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Patch
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Patch
Plugin
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Statistics KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Output KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
No
No
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Calendar
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples KeheiWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki PmWiki PukiWiki TWiki
Internal Link
%topic%  ( '%' configurable )
or
<link topic>text</link>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link
http://gmail.com/
or
<extern http://gmail.com>a mail server</extern>
or
use HTML in rich text editor
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines
text  ----    
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format
_ text _ 
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
'''bold'''
''bold''
*bold*
Italics Format
* text *
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
''italic''
'''italic'''
_italic_
Underline Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
{+underlined+}
%%%underlined%%%
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
<wiki code>
stuff
</wiki code>
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


@@monospace@@
N/A
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
{-strikethrough-}
%%strikethrough%%
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
'^superscript^'
N/A
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
'_subscript_'
N/A
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text
<p align=right> stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
<ul>
stuff
</ul>
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
indented text
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
N/A
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* text
or
<!> text
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
* 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
digits. stuff
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
term:    definition
or
insert HTML via WYSIWYG editor
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
: term : definition
:term|definition
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
can use plain < HR > tag or
via WYSIWYG editor
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