Oddmuse vs. DokuWiki vs. TiddlyWiki vs. Foswiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PmWiki

General Features Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Version
2.3.13
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
5.1.21
2.1.8
1.9.11
2.3.32
Last Release Date
2018-09-03 (5 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2023-08-05 (8 months ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2024-03-23 (27 days ago)
Last Update here
2018-10-27 (5 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2023-10-16 (6 months ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2024-03-24 (26 days ago)
Author
Alex Schroeder
Andreas Gohr
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Foswiki Community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
$0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
family people, hackers
personal, small to medium companies
Individuals, private, small groups
Enterprise, Corporate, Business, Intranets, Personal use, Community building, Educational, Intranet, Extranet
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
System Requirements Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Operating System
Anything supported by Perl
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Any
Linux, Windows, OS-X and others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Anything supporting CGI scripts
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Not required (optional backends available)
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, or any other supporting (F)CGI
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.
Other Requirements
Writable data directory
A common browser
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
None
none
Datastorage Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
Other
No
None
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
caching of content into database using plugins
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
None (use your web server instead)
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
optional extensions available
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
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.
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
nofollow
No
Optional
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Unknown
Plugin
No
Optional
Development/Support Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
67 ⭐
3582 ⭐
7039 ⭐
97 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
18
Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
22
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
Email notification
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Comments
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
No
No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Links Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Optional
Optional
All
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
simple
complex
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Scripting
Perl
Optional, PHP
JavaScript
JavaScript; Topic Markup Language
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Usability Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Output Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Optional
Abbreviations
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
No
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media and Files Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Media Search
Filenames only
Filenames only
No
Contents
Contents
Filenames only
Extras Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Forums
No
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Blogs
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Chat
No
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Examples Oddmuse DokuWiki TiddlyWiki Foswiki MoinMoin PmWiki
Internal Link
optional, default on:
[[page name]]

optional, default off:
PageName
[PageName] → [1]
[[[page name]]] → [1]
[PageName text] → text
[[page name|text]] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](page) → text
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
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]]
External Link
http://example.com/
[http://example.com/] → [1]

optional, default on:
[http://example.com/ text] → text

Depending on plugins:
[text](http://example.com/) → text
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
External Link
http://foswiki.org/ autolink
[[http://foswiki.org/][label]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
Depending on plugins:
## two
### three
== two ==
=== three ==

section
=======

subsection
----------
====== 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
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
Depending on plugins:
*bold*
**bold*
'''bold'''
**bold**
''bold''
*bold*
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
Depending on plugins:
*italic*
/italic/
//italic//
''italic''
//italics//
//italic//
_italic_
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
Depending on plugins:
_underline_
__underline__
__underlined__
__underline__
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
Depending on plugins:
`mono`
##mono##
[code]mono[/code]
<tt>mono</tt>
<code>mono</code>
''monospace''
{{{monospaced}}}
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
via bbCode plugin:
[s]strike through[/s]
<del>strikethrough</del>
--strikethrough--
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sup]superscript[/sup]
<sup>superscript</sup>
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
via bbCode plugin:
[sub]subscript[/sub]
<sub>subscript</sub>
~~subscript~~
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
Images
http://example.com/pic.jpg

Depending on plugins:
[[image:Name|Text|URL]] and variants
![text](URL)
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
%IMAGE{"image.png"}%
{{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
Aligning Text
no example known
Plugin
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
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
Text Indentation
Depending on plugins:
> text

[quote]
text
[/quote]

: one
:: two
N/A
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* one
** two
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* 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
Numbered Lists
Depending on plugins:
1. one
2. two

# one
## two
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
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
Definition Lists
Depending on plugins:
; term: definition
Plugin
; term
: description
$ Term: Definition
term:: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
Depending on plugins:
----
----
----
---
----
-----
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