wxWikiServer vs. TiddlyWiki vs. MoinMoin vs. Instiki

General Features wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Version
1.5.11c
5.1.21
1.9.11
0.30.0
Last Release Date
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2019-02-28 (5 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-03-04 (5 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
BSD
GPL
Ruby's
Programming Language
C++
HTML, JavaScript
Python
Ruby on Rails
Data Storage
Files
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
NA
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Individuals, private, small groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
general, education
System Requirements wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Any
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Webserver
built-in
Not required (optional backends available)
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
Other Requirements
None
A common browser
None
Ruby 2.0-2.6
Datastorage wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Text Files
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
Plugin
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
No
Other
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
No
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
unknown
optional extensions available
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Host Blocking
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
Unknown
nofollow
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blacklist
No
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
No
Optional
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Development/Support wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
7039 ⭐
N/A
478 ⭐
Common Features wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
4
German, English, French, Japanese
1
English
1
English
Email notification
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Plugin
No
No
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Links wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
HTML Tags
All
Optional
Some
All
Math formulas
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Textile Support
No
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
No
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
No
Yes
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Plugin
No
No
Scripting
no
JavaScript
plugins, see comment ---------------->
None
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Plugin
No
No
Usability wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Statistics wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Output wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Unknown
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Unknown
Yes
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
File Attachments
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Embedded Video
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
Yes
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
No
Yes
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Contents
No
Extras wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer TiddlyWiki MoinMoin Instiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
WikiWord (CamelCase)
[[link]]
[[label|link]]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[Some Page]]
[[Some Page|anchor text]]
[[Some Page#anchor]]
[[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]]
External Link
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
http://www.example.com
[[label|http://www.example.com]]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[another site](http://example.com)
Headlines
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
! 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#####
######Level 6######
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
''bold''
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
**bold**
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
//italic//
''italic''
''emphasised''
_italic_, *italic*
Underline Format
__underline__
__underline__
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'}
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
{{{monospaced}}}
`monospaced`
`monospace`
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
--(strikethrough)--
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'}
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
~~subscript~~
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
[img[local.jpg]]
[img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
![alt text](http://ex.com/image.jpg),
[[image.jpg|alt text:pic]]
Aligning Text
] centred text
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}}
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'}
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
:indent

> quote

<<<
blockquote
<<<
indented text
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}

> blockquote
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
* two.1
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
1. Item 1
1. Item 1.1
2. Item 2
Definition Lists
; term
: description
term:: definition
term
: definition
Horizontal Rule
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