MediaWiki vs MoinMoin
MediaWiki
mediawiki.orgMoinMoin
moinmo.inSide by side
| Figure | MediaWiki | MoinMoin |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.5 (#36) | 8.0 (#83) |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.5 (#9) | 8.3 (#13) |
| Editing | Pages use wikitext, which lets users edit without knowing HTML or CSS, and previous page versions remain available for reverting edits. | It offers both a WYSIWYG editor and a text markup editor. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | MediaWiki is server-based wiki software for collecting, organizing, and sharing knowledge. | MoinMoin is an extensible wiki engine for collaboration on easily editable web pages. |
| SSO support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The MediaWiki site directs users with questions to its community support desk and offers documentation, FAQs, and community communication channels. | 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 |
Plans
In their own words
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is free, server-based wiki software for collecting, organizing, and sharing knowledge. Contributors edit pages in wikitext without needing HTML or CSS, and previous page versions remain available for reverting. Administrators can customize appearance and behavior with extensions; caching supports large, high-traffic wikis. Its REST API provides HTTP access to wiki content and functions such as search, page transformations, and history, with JSON or HTML output and extension-specific endpoints. MediaWiki is self-hosted under GNU GPL version 2 or later and is provided without warranty to the extent permitted by law. The latest stable version requires PHP 8.3.0 or later, a web server, and MariaDB 10.3.0+, MySQL 5.7.0+, PostgreSQL 10.0+, or SQLite 3.31.0+. Each release receives security updates for one year, and developers recommend subscribing to the low-traffic mediawiki-announce list. Third-party extensions may be unmaintained, vulnerable, incompatible with some versions, or unreliable together. Documentation, FAQs, community channels, and a support desk are available through the MediaWiki site.
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.