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MoinMoin
MoinMoin · South-west Germany (project administrator Thomas Waldmann’s company is described as operating there) · founded 2000
What it is
MoinMoin is a free, extensible wiki engine for creating and maintaining editable web pages together. It offers a visual WYSIWYG editor and a text-markup editor, with page revision backups, lists of revisions, and diffs between versions. Search can cover titles, full text, multiple terms, and Boolean expressions; Xapian indexing extends it to attachments and older revisions. For shared editing, configurable locks or warnings can help flag conflicts, and RSS feeds can report RecentChanges. Access controls include lists of permissions, multiple authentication methods, reuse of web-server authentication, and modular single sign-on. Extensions include macros, parsers, actions, formatters, XML-RPC, and themes. Named integrations include email and Jabber notifications, email import, and wiki synchronization. MoinMoin stores content in directories and does not require an external SQL database. It is GNU GPL Free Software, supports self-hosting, and is listed for Linux, macOS, Windows, and other systems. The download page lists version 1.9.11; the 2.0 repository is described as unstable and alpha quality at best.
For and against
For
- Offers both WYSIWYG and text-markup editing.
- Search can include attachments and older revisions.
- Supports access control lists and single sign-on.
- Stores page content without an external SQL database.
Against
- The listed release is version 1.9.11.
- The 2.0 repository is described as unstable and alpha quality at best.
The verdict
MoinMoin combines wiki editing, revision tracking, search, and access controls in a self-hostable package. Readers should note the listed 1.9.11 release and the stated status of the 2.0 repository.
Who it suits
MoinMoin suits teams that want to host a collaborative wiki and need page histories, configurable access controls, or extensibility. Its general release is accompanied by support for installation, upgrades, configuration, maintenance, and optimization.
Plans and prices
MoinMoin
Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL
Read 4 Oct 2026 · moinmo.in
On the record
- Access control
- It supports access control lists, multiple authentication methods, web server authentication reuse, and modular authentication for single sign-on.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Features include configurable edit locking or warnings to help avoid editing conflicts, plus RSS feeds for RecentChanges.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The feature list says MoinMoin runs on Linux, UNIX, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows, and OpenVMS, with CGI, WSGI, standalone Python HTTP server, FastCGI, and other server options.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Editing
- It offers both a WYSIWYG editor and a text markup editor.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- Extension types include macros, parsers, actions, formatters, XML-RPC, and themes.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- History
- The wiki keeps backups of page revisions and supports revision lists and diffs between arbitrary versions.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The feature list names email and Jabber notifications, email import, wiki synchronization, and XML-RPC.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- 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.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- License
- MoinMoin is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MoinMoin is an extensible wiki engine for collaboration on easily editable web pages.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Release status
- The download page lists MoinMoin 1.9.11, released 2020-11-08, and describes the 2.0 repository as unstable and alpha quality at best.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Search
- Search supports titles, full text, multiple terms, Boolean expressions, and Xapian indexed search across attachments and old revisions.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- 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.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- SSO support
- Yesmoinmo.in · read 20 Sep 2026
- Storage
- MoinMoin stores page content in directories and does not require an external SQL database, PHP, or revision control system.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Free support is available through the project wiki, mailing list, and chat channel; paid support is also offered by MoinMoin consultants and developers.moinmo.in · read 4 Oct 2026
- Version history
- Yesmoinmo.in · read 20 Sep 2026
