MoinMoin vs. PmWiki vs. ProWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. wxWikiServer

General Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Version
1.9.11
2.3.33
2.0.045
1.5.1
1.5.11c
Last Release Date
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (5 days ago)
2006-10-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2024-04-21 (4 days ago)
2009-11-28 (14 years ago)
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Helmut Leitner
PukiWiki Development Team
Ryan Norton
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPL
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
Programming Language
Python
PHP
Perl
PHP
C++
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
NA
Development status
Mature
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
End users/Desktop
System Requirements MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Unix / Linux
OS independent
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Root Access
No
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
built-in
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.
None
Datastorage MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Plugin
Yes
No
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 wxWikiServer
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
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
unknown
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Yes
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Special Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
No
Unknown
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
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
No
Plugin
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Links MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Patch
No
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Some
Plugin
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
CREOLE support
Yes
Optional
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
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)
no
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Usability MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
No
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Statistics MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
Optional
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
No
Extras MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
No
Plugin
No
Optional
Unknown
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PmWiki ProWiki PukiWiki wxWikiServer
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]]
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
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]]
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
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
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
''bold''
''' bold text '''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
''italic''
'''italic'''
'' italic text ''
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
<u>underlined</u>
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
<tt>monospace</tt>
N/A
start line with blank space.
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
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.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
] centred text
Text Indentation
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
: indented line
:: indented line
N/A
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
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
* one
* two
* two.1
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
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
Definition Lists
term:: definition
: term : definition
; term: definition
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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