MoinMoin vs. PmWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki

General Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Version
1.9.11
2.3.33
2.0.045
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (14 days ago)
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2024-04-21 (13 days ago)
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
none
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Other
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
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
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
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
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
No
Links MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Optional
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
No
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Output MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://example.org
InterWiki:page
[some:link labelforlink]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Headline 1 =
== Headline 2 =
=== Headline 3 =
==== Headline 4 =
===== Headline 5 =
====== Headline 6 =
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
''italic''
'''italic'''
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
[[strike]strikethrough text]
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
<sup>text</sup>
N/A
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
<sub>text</sub>
N/A
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
http://example.org/file.jpg
Upload:file.gif
[[Image]...options...]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
only as part of tables or citations
[align:left|center|right]
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* bulleted list
** bulleted list
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
# numbered list
## numbered list
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
: term : definition
; term: definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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