PodWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TWiki vs. JSPWiki vs. PhpWiki

General Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Version
0.9.1
1.9.11
TWiki-6.1.0
2.11.0
phpwiki-1.3.14
Last Release Date
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
2007-06-30 (16 years ago)
Last Update here
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
2009-04-03 (15 years ago)
Author
Thomas Linden
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Apache Software Foundation
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
Apache License 2.0
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
Python
Perl, JavaScript
Java
PHP
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Files
Files, RCS
Database, Files
Database, Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
GPL / none
0
N/A
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
average to advanced users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
all
Any
System Requirements PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Operating System
Unix
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
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
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite optional
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
various opt. helpers
Datastorage PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
Optional
Yes
RCS
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
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
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
Security/Anti-Spam PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
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
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
No
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
nofollow
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Development/Support PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Freenode: #jspwiki
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
88 ⭐
N/A
Common Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
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
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Flat
Plugin
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Patch
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Patch
Links PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
HTML Tags
Plugin
Some
All
Optional
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
Yes
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Perl
plugins, see comment ---------------->
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
plugins, templates, PHP
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Usability PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Access Keys
No
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Statistics PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Output PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Abbreviations
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
Contents
Contents
Contents
No
Extras PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PodWiki MoinMoin TWiki JSPWiki PhpWiki
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]]
 
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
 
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
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]]
 
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
 
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
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

! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
 
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
Bold Format 
B<bold>
 
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
 
*bold*

__bold__
 
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
Italics Format 
I<italics>
 
''italic''
''emphasised''
 
_italic_
 
''italics''
 
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
Underline Format 
via html only
 
__underline__
 
<u>underline</u>
 
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
 
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format 
put a space in front of monospaced text
 
`monospaced`
 
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>

{{monospace}}
 
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>
Strikethrough Format 
via html only
 
--(strikethrough)--
 
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
 
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
 
<strike>striked through</strike>
Superscript Format 
via html only
 
^superscript^
 
<sup>superscript</sup>
 
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
 
<sup>above</sup>
Subscript Format 
via html only
 
,,subscript,,
 
<sub>subscript</sub>
 
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
 
<sub>below</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
 
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
 
[ 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 
via stylesheet only
 
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||

| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
 
%%(text-align: right) text %%
 
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>
Text Indentation 
via stylesheet only
 
indented text
 
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>

%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
 
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level
Bulleted Lists 
=over

=item* listitem

=back
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
 
* list
or
- list
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
 
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
 
# list
Definition Lists 
via html only
 
term:: definition
 
$ Term: Definition
 
;term:definition
 
Term:<def>
def
Horizontal Rule 
---
 
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