Mycorrhiza Wiki vs. Wiki.js vs. MoinMoin vs. DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. Pepperminty Wiki

General Features Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Version
1.12.1
2.5.299
1.9.11
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.3.32
v0.24 (dev: v0.25-dev)
Last Release Date
2022-09-03 (1 year ago)
2023-06-02 (10 months ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2024-03-23 (27 days ago)
2023-02-17 (1 year ago)
Last Update here
2022-09-05 (1 year ago)
2023-07-30 (8 months ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2024-03-24 (26 days ago)
2023-02-19 (1 year ago)
Author
bouncepaw et al.
Nicolas Giard
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
Starbeamrainbowlabs
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
AGPLv3
AGPL-v3
GPL
GPL 2
GPL2+
MPL-2.0
Programming Language
Go
Javascript
Python
PHP
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, other, RCS
Files
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Free!
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small communities and individuals
Everyone
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
personal, small to medium companies
All
Small-Medium sized Wikis and Communities
System Requirements Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Operating System
UNIX (tested on Linux and macOS, should work on BSD), might work on Plan 9. and Windows
All
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux / Windows
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Optional
All
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Anything PHP enabled
Other Requirements
Git
Node.js
None
none
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)
Datastorage Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Optional
No
No
Plugin
No
Other
Compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQLite
No
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
n/a
Security/Anti-Spam Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
Built-in, Telegram
Local (built-in), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, GitHub, Azure AD, LDAP, OpenConnectID, Slack, Discord, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, etc.
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
None yet
Host Blocking
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
No
CAPTCHA
No
No
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
Yes
Optional
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
Development/Support Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
138 ⭐
19117 ⭐
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
133 ⭐
Common Features Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Interface Languages
2
English, Russian
54
Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Cambodian, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
1
English
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
1
English
Email notification
No
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Comments
No
Flat
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Search
Titles only
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Optional
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Links Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
CamelCase
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
HTML Tags
None
All
Some
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
Tables
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Scripting
Possible to embed JS
JS, CSS
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Not yet, though template includes with parameters is a thing. Pull Requests welcome :-)
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Usability Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Output Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
No
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
XML export
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Media and Files Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Yes
Optional
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Filenames only
Filenames only
Keywords
Extras Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Calendar
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Yes
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Forums
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Blogs
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Ticket System
No
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Chat
No
No
No
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Mycorrhiza Wiki Wiki.js MoinMoin DokuWiki PmWiki Pepperminty Wiki
Internal Link
[[link]]
[[link | display text]]
[[wp>Interwiki]]
=> link
=> link | display text
[Link Title](/link/to/page)
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
[[Internal Link]]s
External Link
[[http://link]]
[[http://link | display text]]
=> http://link
=> http://link | display text
[Link Title](https://wiki.js.org)
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
![See the full syntax help here](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/labs/peppermint/build/index.php?action=help#20-parser-default)
Headlines
= h2
== h3
=== h4
==== h5
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
# Headline
Bold Format
**bold**
**Bold Text**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
**bold text**
Italics Format
//italic//
*Italic Text*
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italics//
''italic''
_italics_
Underline Format
__underline__
<u>Underline Text</u>
__underline__
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
`monospace`
`Monospace Code`
`monospaced`
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
`code text`
Strikethrough Format
~~strikethrough~~
~~Strikethrough Text~~
--(strikethrough)--
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
~~strikethough text~~
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^Superscript Text^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
sometext^superscript^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
~Subscript Text~
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
sometext~subscript~
Images
img { 
image
}
![Image Title](/path/to/image.png)
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
![Alt text](http://example.com/path/to/image.png)
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Plugin
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Col1 | Col2 | Col3
-------|--------|-------
this  | is      | a
mark|down|table
Text Indentation
indented text
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
> Blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* like that
** nesting
* here
* {
multiline

entries
}
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item A
* Item B
* Item C
Numbered Lists
*. like that
**. nesting
*. here
*. {
multiline

entries
}
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. A
2. B
3. C
Definition Lists
term:: definition
Plugin
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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