UseMod vs. MoinMoin vs. PmWiki

General Features UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Version
1.0
1.9.11
2.3.34
Last Release Date
2003-09-11 (20 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2024-05-26 (22 days ago)
Last Update here
2009-07-01 (14 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2024-05-27 (21 days ago)
Author
Clifford Adams
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL2+
Programming Language
Perl
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
All
System Requirements UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Operating System
Linux, Windows, MacOS X
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache, probably anything with CGI support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
None
none
Datastorage UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
No
Plugin
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
Plugin
Other
No
No
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Optional
Optional
nofollow
Patch
No
Yes
Blacklist
Patch
Yes
Optional
CAPTCHA
No
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Development/Support UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
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
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Interface Languages
0
1
English
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
Email notification
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Comments
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Unknown
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Links UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Optional
Footnotes
No
Yes
Plugin
Quoting
No
No
Plugin
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
No
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
None
plugins, see comment ---------------->
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Plugin
Usability UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Toolbar
No
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Patch
Yes
Optional
Orphaned Pages
Patch
Yes
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
Output UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
No
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Plugin
XML export
No
Yes
Plugin
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media and Files UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
File Attachments
Optional
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Extras UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Forums
Unknown
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
No
Plugin
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
No
No
Syntax Examples UseMod MoinMoin PmWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
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
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
''italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underline__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
<tt>for monospace text</tt>
`monospaced`
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
N/A
--(strikethrough)--
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
'_subscript_'
Images
http://url.com/pic.gif
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
N/A
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
: indented
indented text
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
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
Numbered Lists
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
;Term:Definition
term:: definition
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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