PmWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. PhpWiki

General Features PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Version
2.3.33
1.9.11
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2024-04-20 (29 days ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2024-04-21 (28 days ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL2+
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Any
System Requirements PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Operating System
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run w/o a webserver.
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
none
None
various opt. helpers
Datastorage PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Plugin
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
Yes
SQLite
Plugin
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
Yes
RCS
Plugin
No
Yes
Other
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
Optional
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Optional
Optional
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Yes
Blacklist
Optional
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
No
Development/Support PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
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
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Yes
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
No
Patch
Links PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
No
Markdown Support
Plugin
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
Plugin
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Plugin
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
No
Yes
Usability PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Section Editing
Plugin
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
Optional
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Statistics PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Plugin
No
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Output PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Optional
No
No
Abbreviations
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Optional
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Plugin
Yes
Yes
XML export
Plugin
Yes
No
PDF Export
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media and Files PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Optional
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Plugin
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Plugin
No
Yes
Blogs
Plugin
No
Yes
Ticket System
Plugin
No
No
Chat
No
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PmWiki MoinMoin PhpWiki
Internal Link
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
External Link
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format
{+underlined+}
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
@@monospace@@
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


Strikethrough Format
{-strikethrough-}
--(strikethrough)--
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format
'^superscript^'
^superscript^
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
<sub>below</sub>
Images
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
Aligning Text
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

Text Indentation
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indented text
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* list
or
- list
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# list
Definition Lists
: term : definition
term:: definition
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule
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