MoasdaWiki vs. GWiki vs. Instiki vs. DokuWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Version
3.7.1
2.4.0
0.30.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2023-12-31 (4 months ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-01-01 (4 months ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Roger Rene Kommer
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Andreas Gohr
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
Apache License, Version 2.0
Ruby's
GPL 2
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Java
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Database
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
general, education
personal, small to medium companies
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
All Java Servlet Container, included
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
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
Java VM 17+
Java 1.8+
Ruby 2.0-2.6
None
Datastorage MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Other
No
Google Datastore
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
None
No
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
Internal and external with adapter
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Optional
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Unknown
Optional
No
Development/Support MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
478 ⭐
3582 ⭐
N/A
Common Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Preview
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
2
German, English
2
German, English
1
English
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
No
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Links MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
All
All
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Textile Support
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
JavaScript
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
None
Optional, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Usability MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Output MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Media and Files MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Contents
No
Filenames only
Contents
Extras MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Forums
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki GWiki Instiki DokuWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[http://example.com]
[another site](http://example.com)
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
#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 =====
Bold Format
''bold''
*Bold Format*
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
##italic##
_Italic format_
_italic_, *italic*
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underlined__
+Unterlined+
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
{{Monospace}}
`monospace`
''monospace''
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
-StrikeThrough-
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
<del>strikethrough</del>
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^Superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
~Subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Plugin
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
N/A
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
term
: definition
Plugin
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
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