UseMod vs. DokuWiki vs. PmWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. TiddlyWiki vs. PodWiki

General Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Version
1.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2.3.33
1.9.11
5.1.21
0.9.1
Last Release Date
2003-09-11 (20 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2024-04-20 (21 days ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2007-02-12 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-01 (14 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2024-04-21 (20 days ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2007-02-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
Andreas Gohr
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
Thomas Linden
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL 2
GPL2+
GPL
BSD
GPL
Programming Language
Perl
PHP
PHP
Python
HTML, JavaScript
Perl
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files
Files, RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
GPL / none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
personal, small to medium companies
All
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
Individuals, private, small groups
average to advanced users
System Requirements UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Any
Unix
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
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
Not required (optional backends available)
apache
Other Requirements
none
None
A common browser
mod_rewrite optional
Datastorage UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Other
No
None
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
No
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
perl Storable(v0.7) for users, attributes and stuff
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
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
optional extensions available
builtin
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Optional
No
Yes
nofollow
Patch
Optional
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Blacklist
Patch
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
Optional
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Development/Support UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#49
Stars on GitHub
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
Common Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
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
Optional
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
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
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
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
Email notification
Unknown
Optional
Optional
Yes
Unknown
No
Comments
No
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Plugin
Threaded
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
None
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Links UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Plugin
Some
Optional
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Tables
simple
simple
simple + complex
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Markdown Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Scripting
None
Optional, PHP
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
plugins, see comment ---------------->
JavaScript
Perl
Content Includes
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Usability UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Statistics UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Output UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Optional
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Optional
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Optional
Image Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Plugin
No
Yes
No
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples UseMod DokuWiki PmWiki MoinMoin TiddlyWiki PodWiki
Internal Link
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[[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 (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
POD:
L<Sandbox>
L<Link Description|Sandbox>

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

BBcode:
[url]Sandbox[/url]
[url=Sandbox]Link Description[/url]
External Link
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
L<http://www.daemon.de>
Headlines
= 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
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
!!!! Level 4
!!!!! Level 5
=head1 The Weather
Bold Format
'''bold'''
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
''bold''
B<bold>
Italics Format
''italic''
//italics//
''italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
//italic//
I<italics>
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underlined__
{+underlined+}
__underline__
__underline__
via html only
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
''monospace''
@@monospace@@
`monospaced`
{{{monospaced}}}
put a space in front of monospaced text
Strikethrough Format
N/A
<del>strikethrough</del>
{-strikethrough-}
--(strikethrough)--
--strikethrough--
via html only
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
'^superscript^'
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
via html only
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
'_subscript_'
,,subscript,,
~~subscript~~
via html only
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
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}}
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
G<logo.png>
Aligning Text
N/A
Plugin
%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 ||
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
via stylesheet only
Text Indentation
: indented
N/A
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
indented text
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
via stylesheet only
Bulleted Lists
* 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
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
=over

=item* listitem

=back
Numbered Lists
# 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
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
=over

=item 1. listitem

=back
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
Plugin
: term : definition
term:: definition
; term
: description
via html only
Horizontal Rule
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