TiddlyWiki vs. ikiwiki vs. WikkaWiki vs. MoinMoin

General Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Version
5.1.21
2.67
1.4.2
1.9.11
Last Release Date
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
2020-04-19 (4 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
Last Update here
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
2020-04-20 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
Author
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Wikka Development Team
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Individuals, private, small groups
Anyone
Individual users (PIM/website backend), development teams (software documentation/knowledge base), organizations and companies (intranet/public website backend)
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
System Requirements TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Operating System
Any
Any
any (platform-independent)
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Not required (optional backends available)
Any, or none
any server with PHP/MySQL support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Other Requirements
A common browser
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
Datastorage TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Text Files
Optional
Yes
No
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
optional extensions available
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Active Directory (patch)
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
Optional
nofollow
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Plugin
Optional
Delayed Indexing
Unknown
No
No
No
Development/Support TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
7039 ⭐
N/A
42 ⭐
N/A
Common Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
0
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Patch
Yes
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
No
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Structured Data
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
No
Links TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
Plugin
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Syntax Features TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
Some
Some
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
complex
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Extensibility through drop-in plugins
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Usability TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Section Editing
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Toolbar
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
No
Patch
Optional
Auto Signature
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Statistics TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Plugin
No
Patch
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Patch
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Output TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Unknown
No
Patch
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
Unknown
No
Patch
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Media and Files TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Image Editing
Yes
No
No
Yes
SVG Editing
No
No
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
No
Yes
Forums
Plugin
Unknown
No
No
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples TiddlyWiki ikiwiki WikkaWiki MoinMoin
Internal Link
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
[[internal]]
CamelCase
[[forced]]
[[forced|This is a link]]
[[forced |日本語]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
External Link
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
[link text](http://example.org)
http://wikkawiki.org
[[http://wikkawiki.org|Wikka Wiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WikkaWiki]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
Headlines
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
Bold Format
''bold''
**bold**
__bold__
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
Italics Format
//italic//
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
Underline Format
__underline__
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined__
__underline__
Monospace Format
{{{monospaced}}}
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
##monospaced##
`monospaced`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
++Strike through text++
--(strikethrough)--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
""<sup>Superscript</sup>""
^superscript^
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
""<sub>Subscript</sub>""
,,subscript,,
Images
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
http://foo.bar/bar.jpg
{{image url="local.jpg"}}
{{image url="http://foo.bar/bar.jpg"}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
Aligning Text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
@@Center text@@
<<left floated<<
>>right floated>>
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
Text Indentation
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)
indented
~indented
indented text
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~- Item 1
~~- Item 1.1
~- Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
(4 spaces or a ~ can replace a tab)

~1) Item 1
~~1) Item 1.1
~1) Item 2

(more options for lists are available)
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
""<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>""
term:: definition
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
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