ikiwiki vs MoinMoin
ikiwiki
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| Figure | ikiwiki | MoinMoin |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.5 (#8) | 8.3 (#13) |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.0 (#82) | 8.0 (#83) |
| Intended users | Its setup guide describes creating a wiki or blog and notes that advanced users may prefer a manual setup. | The project describes its 1.9.11 download as a general release and lists installation, upgrading, configuration, maintenance, and optimization among supported issues. |
| License | The project describes ikiwiki as Free Software. | MoinMoin is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL. |
| Purpose | ikiwiki converts wiki pages into HTML pages for publishing on a website. | MoinMoin is an extensible wiki engine for collaboration on easily editable web pages. |
| Search | Full-text search can be added using the Xapian search engine. | Search supports titles, full text, multiple terms, Boolean expressions, and Xapian indexed search across attachments and old revisions. |
| Security | The project advises that public or multi-user editing requires attention to security risks, and provides configuration-specific security guidance. | The SecurityFixes page says version 1.9.11 fixes security issues in 1.9.10 and lists fixes for CVE-2020-25074 and CVE-2020-15275. |
| SSO support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The project provides a forum, bug tracker, TODO list, and discussion pages, and says developers monitor RecentChanges and respond in a timely fashion. | Free support is available through the project wiki, mailing list, and chat channel; paid support is also offered by MoinMoin consultants and developers. |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
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In their own words
ikiwiki
ikiwiki is free, open-source software that compiles wiki pages into HTML for publication as a website. It builds a static site and regenerates pages when their source changes. Page history can be kept in Git, Subversion, or another revision-control setup, although a revision system is optional. Markdown is the default markup, while plugins can add WikiText, HTML, reStructuredText, and Textile. Any page can function as a blog and produce RSS or Atom feeds. Plugins provide much of the system, including markup, directives, revision-control backends, and CGI capabilities. Templates, CSS, and themes control generated appearance. Optional web editing supports registration, several authentication methods, and configurable edit permissions. Xapian can add full-text search. Packages are listed for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, BSD, openSUSE, Arch, Homebrew, and Guix. ikiwiki supports Linux, macOS, self-hosting, and web use, with custom domains, SSO, and version history listed.
MoinMoin
MoinMoin is a free, extensible wiki engine for creating and collaborating on editable web pages. It offers a WYSIWYG editor as well as text markup, and keeps page revision backups with lists and comparisons between versions. Search covers titles, full text, multiple terms, Boolean expressions, attachments, and older revisions through Xapian indexing. Configurable edit locks or warnings can help reduce editing conflicts, while RSS feeds report RecentChanges. Access controls include permission lists, multiple authentication methods, reuse of web server authentication, and modular single sign-on. Extensions include macros, parsers, actions, formatters, XML-RPC, and themes. MoinMoin stores page content in directories and does not require an external SQL database. It can run on Linux, UNIX, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows, and OpenVMS through several server options. The download page lists version 1.9.11, released in 2020; the 2.0 repository is described as unstable and alpha quality at best. Free project support is available, and consultants and developers also offer paid support.