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<h2 id="technical-details">Technical details</h2> <p>MoinMoin's storage mechanism is based on <a href="/facts/Flat-file_database/aNeNVE3h">flat files</a> and folders, rather than a <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">database</a>. This makes it easy to manipulate the content in a text editor on the server if necessary, including managing revisions if the wiki gets attacked by spammers. </p><p>MoinMoin supports <a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">plug-ins</a> and can be extended via Macros and Actions. It also uses the idea of separate <a href="/facts/Parsing/nRKB01S3">parsers</a>, <i>e.g.</i>, for parsing the wiki syntax, and formatters, <i>e.g.</i>, for outputting <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> code, with a <a href="/facts/Simple_API_for_XML/BwGKJUru">SAX</a>-like interface between the two. Therefore, to output <a href="/facts/DocBook/8RpRVfCQ">DocBook</a> instead of HTML, one would only need to write a docbook-formatter that implements the formatter interface, and all parsers that use the interface will automatically be supported. </p><p>MoinMoin supports <a href="/facts/Camel_case/NtrmzwqN">CamelCase</a> linking as well as free links (non-CamelCase linking). The CamelCase is activated by default and MoinMoin does not allow disabling CamelCase links except on a one-off basis. The workaround to do this is to use a different parser<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> but this option does not work with the <a href="/facts/WYSIWYG/aGmcHWpX">WYSIWYG</a> editor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>MoinMoin also has extensive support for <a href="/facts/Access-control_list/t38J9Vao">access-control lists</a> (ACL) that greatly increase its usability in a <a href="/facts/Content_management_system/CCk4vIxV">content management system</a> (CMS). It also has <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a> editing capabilities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>MoinMoin is able to either use a built-in search engine (rather slow, but no dependencies) or a <a href="/facts/Xapian/QNLNMUXP">Xapian</a>-based indexed search engine (faster, and can also search old revisions and attached files).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>MoinMoin also allows synchronization of contents from instance to instance<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> via <a href="/facts/XML-RPC/UleaeVRo">XML-RPC</a>, and therefore allows distributed offline editing. </p><p>The original MoinMoin "DesktopEdition" is significantly easier to use, because it uses a built-in Web server to display pages, requiring only Python to be installed on the host machine. Since version 1.6.0, the "DesktopEdition" has been integrated into the standard release.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> Also, in this release a different markup syntax was introduced, which had not been changed much since the early releases.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_wiki_software/ymlSd25l">Comparison of wiki software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_content_management_systems/gtK1h7jt">List of content management systems</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_wiki_software/Icx9YFFS">List of wiki software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to MoinMoin. <ul><li><a href="https://moinmo.in/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/moinwiki/">MoinMoin Wiki GitHub organisation</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"GPL". MoinMoin. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2012-12-06. <a href="https://moinmo.in/GPL" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/GPL</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"MoinMoin Usage Statistics". builtwith.com. Retrieved 15 December 2014. <a href="http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/MoinMoin" target="_blank">http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/MoinMoin</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Other sites using the MoinMoin wiki engine". Retrieved 2008-10-01. <a href="https://moinmo.in/" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Python3". MoinMoin. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-08-27. <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python3" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/Python3</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"ParserMarket/NoCamelCase2". MoinMoin. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-12-06. <a href="https://moinmo.in/ParserMarket/NoCamelCase2" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/ParserMarket/NoCamelCase2</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"ParserMarket/NoCamelCase2". MoinMoin. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-12-06. <a href="https://moinmo.in/ParserMarket/NoCamelCase2#Discussion" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/ParserMarket/NoCamelCase2#Discussion</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"MoinMoinFeatures". MoinMoin. 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2012-12-06. <a href="https://moinmo.in/MoinMoinFeatures#Advanced_Features" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/MoinMoinFeatures#Advanced_Features</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"HelpOnSearching". MoinMoin. Retrieved 2012-12-06. <a href="https://moinmo.in/HelpOnSearching" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/HelpOnSearching</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>WikiSynchronisation from the MoinMoinWiki. <a href="https://moinmo.in/WikiSynchronisation" target="_blank">https://moinmo.in/WikiSynchronisation</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>CHANGES, MoinMoin Wiki Engine, 2022-05-08, retrieved 2022-05-10 <a href="https://github.com/moinwiki/moin-1.9/blob/fc8fc67a765bc5468795bcfde30561cb7e110bdb/docs/CHANGES" target="_blank">https://github.com/moinwiki/moin-1.9/blob/fc8fc67a765bc5468795bcfde30561cb7e110bdb/docs/CHANGES</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>CHANGES, MoinMoin Wiki Engine, 2022-05-08, retrieved 2022-05-10 <a href="https://github.com/moinwiki/moin-1.9/blob/fc8fc67a765bc5468795bcfde30561cb7e110bdb/docs/CHANGES" target="_blank">https://github.com/moinwiki/moin-1.9/blob/fc8fc67a765bc5468795bcfde30561cb7e110bdb/docs/CHANGES</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>