MoinMoin vs. PmWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. TiddlyWiki

General Features MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Version
1.9.11
2.3.33
1.5.1
5.1.21
Last Release Date
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (7 days ago)
2016-03-06 (8 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2024-04-21 (6 days ago)
2016-03-23 (8 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
PukiWiki Development Team
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL2+
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
BSD
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
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
One theme, one PukiWiki
Individuals, private, small groups
System Requirements MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
OS independent
Any
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, IIS, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Other Requirements
None
none
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
A common browser
Datastorage MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
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
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)
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
optional extensions available
Host Blocking
Yes
Optional
Patch
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
No
nofollow
No
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Optional
Patch
No
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Development/Support MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
# 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
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Common Features MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Unknown
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
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
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
4
German, English, French, Japanese
Email notification
Yes
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Yes
Links MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Syntax Features MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Plugin
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)
JavaScript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Patch
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Optional
Patch
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Statistics MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Output MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Unknown
Auto-TOC
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Optional
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
SVG Editing
Yes
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
No
No
Extras MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Blogs
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin PmWiki PukiWiki TiddlyWiki
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]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
''bold''
''bold''
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
'''italic'''
//italic//
Underline Format
__underline__
{+underlined+}
%%%underlined%%%
__underline__
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
N/A
{{{monospaced}}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
%%strikethrough%%
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
N/A
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
N/A
~~subscript~~
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
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[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
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
Text Indentation
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
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
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
* 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
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
: term : definition
:term|definition
; term
: description
Horizontal Rule
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