MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. ikiwiki

General Features MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Version
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
2.67
Last Release Date
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
Author
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
N/A
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Anyone
System Requirements MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Any
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Any, or none
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
Yes
Other
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
Yes
Yes
nofollow
No
Plugin
No
Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
No
Yes
Unknown
Links MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
SisterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Yes
Scripting
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Plugin
Usability MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
No
Access Keys
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Output MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Yes
Plugin
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Image Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
Yes
Plugin
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Calendar
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
No
Plugin
Yes
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Yes
Chat
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples MoinMoin TWiki ikiwiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[internal]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[link text](http://example.org)
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold*
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
Superscript Format
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
indented text
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
Definition Lists
term:: definition
$ Term: Definition
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
-----
------
---
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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