What is MoinMoin?
MoinMoin is an open source wiki software written in Python. It is designed to be easy to use, extensible and highly configurable. MoinMoin allows creating and editing wiki pages collaboratively using a simple markup language.
Some key features of MoinMoin include:
- Lightweight and fast
- Support for multiple users and permissions
- Versioning of pages
- Extensive macro and plugin architecture
- Theming support
- Internationalization and localization
- Search engine friendly URLs
- Backups and disaster recovery
- Interwiki links to connect wiki farms
MoinMoin targets documentation writers, developers, small teams and communities looking for an easy to use collaboration platform. It can be used for personal note-taking, intranets, extranets, public websites and more. The simple wiki syntax allows contributors to get started quickly without learning complex markup.
Overall, MoinMoin provides a feature-rich wiki platform focused on extensibility and configurability rather than having every feature built-in. It has an active open source community supporting and enhancing it for over 20 years.
Nuclino, MediaWiki, Wiki.js, WackoWiki, Banana Dance Wiki/CMS, MDwiki, Foswiki, Instiki, UserPress, Markdoc, Helpie Knowledge Base Wiki Plugin are some alternatives to MoinMoin.