PodWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki

General Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Version
0.9.1
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
Last Release Date
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
System Requirements PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Operating System
Unix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
apache
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
Datastorage PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
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
Yes
No
Yes
Other
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
No
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
builtin
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Yes
nofollow
No
No
Plugin
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Development/Support PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
No
Interface Languages
1
English
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Links PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
Perl
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Usability PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Extras PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki
Internal Link 
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

Creole:
[[Sandbox]]
[[Sandbox|Link Description]]

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
 
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
 
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
External Link 
L<http://www.daemon.de>
 
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file

http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
Headlines 
=head1 The Weather
 
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
 
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
Bold Format 
B<bold>
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
*bold*
Italics Format 
I<italics>
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
_italic_
Underline Format 
via html only
 
__underline__
 
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format 
put a space in front of monospaced text
 
`monospaced`
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format 
via html only
 
--(strikethrough)--
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format 
via html only
 
^superscript^
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format 
via html only
 
,,subscript,,
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images 
G<logo.png>
 
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
 
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
Aligning Text 
via stylesheet only
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation 
via stylesheet only
 
indented text
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists 
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
 
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists 
via html only
 
term:: definition
 
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule 
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