MoinMoin vs Wikidot
MoinMoin
moinmo.inWikidot
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| Figure | MoinMoin | Wikidot |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4.16/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Wiki Software | 8.3 (#13) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Spec score · Knowledge base software | 8.0 (#83) | 8.9 (#11) |
| Collaboration | Features include configurable edit locking or warnings to help avoid editing conflicts, plus RSS feeds for RecentChanges. | Sites provide memberships, roles and granular permissions for editing pages, files and forum content. |
| Editing | It offers both a WYSIWYG editor and a text markup editor. | Users can edit pages through the browser and publish changes within seconds without needing HTML, PHP or JavaScript. |
| Founded | 2000 | 2006 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The feature list names email and Jabber notifications, email import, wiki synchronization, and XML-RPC. | Wikidot describes Gravatar integration for anonymous users and says sites can embed selected HTML code from social sites or import RSS feeds. |
| Intended users | The project describes its 1.9.11 download as a general release and lists installation, upgrading, configuration, maintenance, and optimization among supported issues. | Wikidot describes its plans as serving casual users, professionals, and small businesses, and says the service can be used for personal sites, company websites, portals, and community forums. |
| Security | 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. | Wikidot says sensitive pages use HTTPS with at least 128-bit SSL certificates and describes measures against unauthorized access. |
| Support | Free support is available through the project wiki, mailing list, and chat channel; paid support is also offered by MoinMoin consultants and developers. | First-line help is provided through the community FAQ, multilingual Handbook and forum, with email escalation. |
| Version history | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Wikidot
- Free accountFree
- Community SiteFree
- Pro Lite account$49.90 a year
- Additional slots$59.90 a year
- Pro account$119.90 a year
- Pro+ account$239.90 a year
- Pro Plus account$239.90 a year
In their own words
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.