WiGit vs. WackoWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. ErfurtWiki vs. SubWiki

General Features WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Version
0.1
6.2.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
1.9.11
R1.02b (kind of final release :-)
0.1-dev
Last Release Date
2008-07-21 (17 years ago)
2025-12-14 (today)
2020-07-20 (5 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2005-06-16 (20 years ago)
no official
Last Update here
2009-07-09 (16 years ago)
2025-12-13 (1 day ago)
2021-08-09 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (5 years ago)
2010-04-04 (15 years ago)
2006-02-14 (19 years ago)
Author
Remko Tronçon
WackoWiki Team
Andreas Gohr
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Mario Salzer & Andi Fundinger
Greg Stein
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
BSD
GPL 2
GPL
Public Domain (!)
Academic Free License
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
Python
PHP
Python
Data Storage
other
Database
Files
Files
Database, Files, RCS
RCS
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
0
0
0
Development status
Beta
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Alpha
Intended Audience
Private users
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
personal, small to medium companies
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
small + medium sites, development teams
System Requirements WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
anything with PHP support
Apache, IIS, anything with CGI support
Other Requirements
Git
mod_rewrite (optional)
None
none
Datastorage WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
MySQL
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
Plugin
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Other
Git repositories
MariaDB
None
No
no
No
Security/Anti-Spam WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Page Permissions
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
UNIX, LDAP, MySQL, PHP, other
Host Blocking
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
Plugin
Unknown
nofollow
No
Optional
Optional
No
Plugin
Yes
Blacklist
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
No
Patch
No
Development/Support WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
not yet :-)
Stars on GitHub
N/A
54 ⭐
4478 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Preview
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Right-to-Left Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Unknown
Interface Languages
0
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
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
1
English
4
German, English, Spanish, Dutch
1
English
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comments
No
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Plugin
No
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unknown
Conflict Handling
None
Page Locking
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Not available
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Not available
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Links WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
InterWiki
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Links
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patch
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Syntax Features WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
HTML Tags
Some
All
Optional
Some
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple
simple
complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
Yes
No
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
Plugin
No
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
Custom styles
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Scripting
actions (PHP)
Optional, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
optional
None
Content Includes
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Unknown
Usability WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Patch
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Unknown
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
No
Yes
No
No
Optional
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Output WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
No
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
No
Plugin
No
Abbreviations
Yes
Patch
Yes
No
Optional
No
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
No
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
No
PDF Export
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Plugin
No
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
Yes
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
Contents
No
No
Extras WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
No
No
No
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
No
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Plugin
No
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WiGit WackoWiki DokuWiki MoinMoin ErfurtWiki SubWiki
Internal Link
[InternalLink]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
WikiPage
[WikiPage | Go here]
External Link
"External link":http://externallink.com
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
http://erfurtwiki.sf.net
[http://erfurtwiki.sf.net | Go here]
mario@wiki.net
Headlines
h1. Headline
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
!!! Big Headline
!! Medium Headline
! Section Headline
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
Bold Format
*Bold*
**bold**
**bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
__bold text__
**bold text**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
_Italics_
//italics//
//italics//
''italic''
''emphasised''
''ialic text''
''italic''
Underline Format
+underlined+
__underline__
__underlined__
__underline__
optional or via css
N/A
Monospace Format
@monospace@
##monospace##
''monospace''
`monospaced`
==monospaced text==
{{monospaced}}
Strikethrough Format
-strikethrough-
--strikethrough--
<del>strikethrough</del>
--(strikethrough)--
optional or via css
N/A
Superscript Format
^superscript^
^^superscript^^
<sup>superscript</sup>
^superscript^
^^superscript text^^
N/A
Subscript Format
~subscript~
vvsubscriptvv
<sub>subscript</sub>
,,subscript,,
optional or via css
N/A
Images
!image.jpg!
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[link to the image.jpg]
http://foo.bar/foo.gif
Aligning Text
>Right-aligned
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Plugin
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
optional or via css
N/A
Text Indentation
one
two
N/A
indented text
just use 3 spaces or tabs
indented text
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Bulleted
* List
** Sublist
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item A
* Item B
** Item B1
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered
# List
## Sublist
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
##* Item 1.1a
##* Item 1.1b

# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
Plugin
term:: definition
:definition: explanation
:anotherdef: another description
N/A
Horizontal Rule
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