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MoinMoin

Easy-to-use, full-featured wiki engine in Python

Wikis & Documentation ★ 374 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

MoinMoin is an open-source wiki engine written in Python with a focus on being easy to use yet extensible. It stores pages as files and supports access control, themes, and a plugin macro system.

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Key features

  • File-based page storage
  • Access control lists
  • Macro and plugin system
  • Theming support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • No database to manage
  • Long-running, stable project

Trade-offs

  • Smaller modern community
  • Dated interface in older versions

Is MoinMoin secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for MoinMoin's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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