MoasdaWiki vs. GWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki vs. Foswiki vs. Instiki vs. Oddmuse

General Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Version
3.7.1
2.4.0
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
2.1.8
0.30.0
2.3.13
Last Release Date
2023-12-31 (3 months ago)
2018-06-14 (5 years ago)
2023-02-17 (1 year ago)
2023-08-05 (8 months ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-01-01 (3 months ago)
2018-10-16 (5 years ago)
2023-02-19 (1 year ago)
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
Author
Herbert Reiter
Roger Rene Kommer
Starbeamrainbowlabs
Foswiki Community
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Alex Schroeder
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPL-3.0-only
Apache License, Version 2.0
MPL-2.0
GPL
Ruby's
GPL
Programming Language
Java
Java
PHP
Perl
Ruby on Rails
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files
Files
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
Free!
$0
0
free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal usage, small teams
User, Developer, Enterprise, Workgroups
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
general, education
family people, hackers
System Requirements MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Operating System
Any platform with Java VM 17+
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (All Java Plattforms)
Linux / Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Anything supported by Perl
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Built-in
All Java Servlet Container, included
Anything PHP enabled
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Other Requirements
Java VM 17+
Java 1.8+
php-mbstring, php-imagick (for previews), php-fileinfo (for checking file uploads), php-intl (for unicode text normalization in the search index), `php-sqlite3` (for search index storage), and php-zip (for exporting)
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Writable data directory
Datastorage MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
Other
No
Google Datastore
n/a
caching of content into database using plugins
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
No
Security/Anti-Spam MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Authentication Backends
N/A
Internal and external with adapter
None yet
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
None (use your web server instead)
Host Blocking
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
nofollow
No
Optional
No
Yes
Unknown
No
Blacklist
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
No
Development/Support MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
4 ⭐
133 ⭐
97 ⭐
478 ⭐
67 ⭐
Common Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Age
Revision Diffs
No
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Optional
Unknown
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
2
German, English
2
German, English
1
English
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Comments
No
Threaded
Threaded
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
No
Unknown
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Plugin
Links MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Backlinks
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Windows Shares
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Redirects
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
All
All
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
JavaScript
Groovy, Macros, JSP-Taglibs
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
None
Perl
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Section Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Double-Click Edit
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Statistics MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Output MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Media and Files MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Keywords
Contents
No
Filenames only
Extras MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
No
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples MoasdaWiki GWiki Pepperminty Wiki Foswiki Instiki Oddmuse
Internal Link
[[a link]]
[[a link | with title]]
[path/Page]
[My Title|path/Page]
[[Internal Link]]s
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
External Link
[[http://example.org]]
[[http://example.org | with title]]
[http://example.com]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
[another site](http://example.com)
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
Headlines
= Section
== Subsection
=== Sub-subsection
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
# Headline
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
#Level 1#
##Level 2##
###Level 3###
####Level 4####
#####Level 5#####
######Level 6######
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
Bold Format
''bold''
*Bold Format*
**bold text**
*bold*
**bold**
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format
##italic##
_Italic format_
_italics_
_italic_
_italic_, *italic*
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underlined__
+Unterlined+
<u>underline</u>
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
Monospace Format
@@monospace font@@
{{Monospace}}
`code text`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
`monospace`
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
Strikethrough Format
~~striked through~~
-StrikeThrough-
~~strikethough text~~
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
Superscript Format
{{html}}<sup>superscript</sup>{{/html}}
^Superscript^
sometext^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
Subscript Format
{{html}}<sub>subscript</sub>{{/html}}
~Subscript~
sometext~subscript~
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
Images
{{image:wiki.png}}
!path/SkinSampleGWiki.png!
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
Aligning Text
{{center}}centered text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
no example known
Text Indentation
Non-indented text

Single indented text

Double indented text
{div:style=...}
Aligned Text
{div}
> Blockquote
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
- Item 1
- Item 2
-- Sub Item
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* one
** two
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
# Item 1
# Item 2
## Sub Item
1. A
2. B
3. C
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
Definition Lists
{{html}}
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
{{/html}}
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Sub Item
$ Term: Definition
term
: definition
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
----
-------
---
***
Depending on plugins:
----
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