Wikia vs. MoinMoin vs. JSPWiki

General Features Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Version
N/A
1.9.11
2.11.0
Last Release Date
N/A
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2021-11-21 (2 years ago)
Last Update here
2013-02-18 (11 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2021-12-01 (2 years ago)
Author
Wikia, Inc.
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Apache Software Foundation
URL
Free and Open Source
N/A
Yes
Yes
License
N/A
GPL
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
N/A
Python
Java
Data Storage
N/A
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
Development status
N/A
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
All users
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
all
Hosting Features Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Storage Quota
unlimited
N/A
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
unlimited
N/A
N/A
Other Limits
none
N/A
N/A
Topic Restrictions
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
N/A
N/A
Corporate Branding
Yes
N/A
N/A
Own Domain
Optional
N/A
N/A
Ads allowed
Yes
N/A
N/A
System Requirements Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Operating System
N/A
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
any platform supporting JDK 1.8+
Root Access
N/A
No
No
Webserver
N/A
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any servlet 3.1 compliant web server, e.g. Tomcat 8.5+, Jetty, Glassfish, Websphere
Other Requirements
N/A
None
optional JavaMail for mailing functionality
Datastorage Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Text Files
N/A
Yes
Yes
MySQL
N/A
No
Optional
PostgreSQL
N/A
No
Optional
Oracle
N/A
No
Optional
SQLite
N/A
No
Optional
BerkeleyDB
N/A
No
Optional
RCS
N/A
No
Plugin
Other
N/A
No
JDBC driver must be provided manually; also Page provider architecture -> several implementations
Security/Anti-Spam Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
N/A
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
JAAS -> interface to many external backends possible
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Optional
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Optional
Optional
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Optional
No
Yes
Development/Support Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
N/A
Yes
No
Code Repository
N/A
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
##wikia on freenode
Freenode: #jspwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
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Common Features Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
No
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 Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
0
1
English
10
Breton, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese
Email notification
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Comments
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Flat
Categories
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
N/A
Yes
Patch
Structured Data
Unknown
No
Yes
Links Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
Optional
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Optional
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Optional
Yes
Yes
Markdown Support
Optional
No
No
Textile Support
Optional
No
No
BBCode Support
Optional
No
No
Emoticon Images
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Optional
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
No
Scripting
Yes
plugins, see comment ---------------->
plugins for JavaScript, TCL and Groovy
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Unknown
No
Optional
Usability Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Yes
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Yes
No
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Optional
Yes
Optional
Statistics Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
Yes
Yes
No
Output Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Yes
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Yes
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Optional
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
SVG Editing
Unknown
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
Unknown
No
No
Media Search
Keywords
Contents
Contents
Extras Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Yes
No
Yes
Blogs
Yes
No
Yes
Ticket System
Unknown
No
No
Chat
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples Wikia MoinMoin JSPWiki
Internal Link
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[link]
[text|link]
[text|wiki:link]
External Link
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[http://www.example.com/]
[example|http://www.example.com/]
[text|wiki:link]
Headlines
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
__bold__
Italics Format
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italics''
Underline Format
__underline__
%%(text-decoration: underline) text %%
Monospace Format
`monospaced`
{{monospace}}
Strikethrough Format
--(strikethrough)--
%%(text-decoration: line-through) deleted text %%
Superscript Format
^superscript^
%%(vertical-align: sup) text %%
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
%%(vertical-align: sub) text %%
Images
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[local.jpg]
[{Image src='local.jpg'}]
[{Image src='http://foo.bar/foo.jpg'}]
Aligning Text
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
%%(text-align: right) text %%
Text Indentation
indented text
%%(text-indent: 20px) 20 pixels %%
%%(text-indent: 30%) 30 percent %%
Bulleted Lists
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
term:: definition
;term:definition
Horizontal Rule
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