wxWikiServer vs. TWiki vs. DokuWiki vs. Wikepage vs. MoinMoin vs. MediaWiki

General Features wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Version
1.5.11c
TWiki-6.1.0
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
2008.1
1.9.11
1.32.2
Last Release Date
2005-12-02 (18 years ago)
2018-07-15 (5 years ago)
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
2008-10-13 (15 years ago)
2020-11-07 (3 years ago)
2019-06-05 (4 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-02-07 (18 years ago)
2019-07-19 (4 years ago)
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
2008-10-24 (15 years ago)
2020-11-08 (3 years ago)
2019-06-21 (4 years ago)
Author
Ryan Norton
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
Andreas Gohr
Jose Carlos Medeiros
https://moinmo.in/MoinCoreTeamGroup
Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, Lee Daniel Crocker, Tim Starling, Erik Möller, and others.
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
wxWindows Lib/Public Domain
GPL
GPL 2
GPL
GPL
GPL
Programming Language
C++
Perl, JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Files, RCS
Files
Files
Files
Database
License Cost/ Fee
NA
N/A
0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End users/Desktop
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
personal, small to medium companies
Private users, small groups
Everybody with <<100.000 pages. :)
End Users/Desktop, Education
System Requirements wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Operating System
MS Windows/Mac/Linux
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independent
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably any platform with Python 2.3+
*nix, Windows, Mac OS X
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
No
Webserver
built-in
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
Server Independent
Standalone, WSGI (e.g. Apache+mod_wsgi) - others like CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, AJP, ... via middlewares
Any with PHP support
Other Requirements
None
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
n/a
None
none
Datastorage wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
MySQL
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
SQLite
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Other
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
None
No
No
Security/Anti-Spam wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
unknown
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
modular, scriptable. OpenID, ldap/AD, http, cookie, ssl client cert, interwiki, others possible
Yes
Host Blocking
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
nofollow
No
Plugin
Optional
Yes
No
Optional
Blacklist
No
Plugin
Optional
No
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Optional
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
Optional
No
No
No
Development/Support wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
3582 ⭐
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Unlimited
None
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
No
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, 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
0
1
English
140
Afar, Abkhazian, Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bihari, Bislama, Bengali; Bangla, Tibetan, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Bhutani, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Fiji, Faroese, French, Frisian, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Galician, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Icelandic, Italian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Greenlandic, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Kirghiz, Latin, Lingala, Laothian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Maori, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mongolian, Moldavian, Marathi, Malay, Maltese, Burmese, Nauru, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Oriya, Punjabi, Polish, Pashto, Pushto, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Kirundi, Romanian, Russian, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sangho, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Samoan, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Siswati, Sesotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Tajik, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkmen, Tagalog, Setswana, Tonga, Turkish, Tsonga, Tatar, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Volapuk, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Zulu
Email notification
No
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Optional
Comments
Flat
Threaded
Plugin
No
Discussion Pages
Discussion Pages
Categories
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
None
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
No
Plugin
Links wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
CamelCase
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Syntax Features wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
HTML Tags
All
All
Optional
None
Some
Some
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple
simple + complex
simple
simple
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Plugin
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Footnotes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Quoting
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Scripting
no
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
Optional, PHP
plugins, see comment ---------------->
Optional
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Section Editing
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Toolbar
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Access Keys
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Optional
Yes
Auto Signature
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Yes
Most/Least Popular
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Recent Visitors
Yes
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Optional
Output wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Printer Friendly
No
Print View
Print CSS
No
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Yes
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Yes
PDF Export
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
No
Unknown
Media and Files wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
File Attachments
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Embedded Video
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
No
Yes
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Contents
Filenames only
No
Contents
Keywords
Extras wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Yes
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
No
No
Plugin
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
Syntax Examples wxWikiServer TWiki DokuWiki Wikepage MoinMoin MediaWiki
Internal Link
CamelCase
[AnotherLink goto alink]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[a Link]]
[[namespace:link]]
[[link|With a Title]]
[Link_type]
[http://externallink.com]
CamelCaseLink or [[free link]]

[[target|label|params]]
[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
External Link
http://www.powerslave.com
[http://www.external.com xternallink]
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
[http://externallink.com/|click]
[http://externallink.com/|picture.gif]
http://google.de/ or
[[http://google.de/ | Google]] or
file://///server/share/file
[http://example.org The title]
Headlines
= heading =
== heading ==
=== heading ===
(up to 5 = signs).
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
====== Level 1 ======
===== Level 2 =====
==== Level 3 ====
=== Level 4 ===
== Level 5 ==
! Biggest
!! Smaller
!!! Smallest
= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
==Section==
===Subsection===
====Sub-subsection====
Bold Format
''' bold text '''
*bold*
**bold**
**Bold**
'''bold'''
'''strong emphasised'''
'''bold'''
Italics Format
'' italic text ''
_italic_
//italics//
''Italic''
''italic''
''emphasised''
''italic''
Underline Format
<u>underline</u>
__underlined__
__Underline__
__underline__
<u>underlined</u>
Monospace Format
start line with blank space.
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
''monospace''
With a space in front of the text
`monospaced`
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
<del>strikethrough</del>
n/a
--(strikethrough)--
<s>strikethrough</s>
Superscript Format
<sup>superscript</sup>
<sup>superscript</sup>
n/a
^superscript^
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<sub>subscript</sub>
<sub>subscript</sub>
n/a
,,subscript,,
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
ilocal://icon.jpg
img:icon.jpg
img:http://www.external/image.jpg
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}
[image.gif]
[http://externalimage.com/image.gif]
{{http://foo.bar/foo.jpg}}
{{attachment:foo.jpg | alt text}}
{{target|alt|params}}
[[Image:wiki.png]]
Aligning Text
] centred text
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Plugin
n/a
only in tables:
||<(> left ||<:> middle ||<)> right ||
<center>Centered</center>
Text Indentation
> single indent 
>> two indents
>>> more indenting
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
N/A
n/a
indented text
: indented line
Bulleted Lists
* one
* two
* two.1
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
* Bullet1
* Bullet2
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* Item 1
** Item 1.2
* Item 2
Numbered Lists
1 item one
2 item two
Or: 
# item 1
## item 1.1
# item two
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
- item 1
- item 1.1
- item 2
n/a
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Plugin
term:: definition
; term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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---
----
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