Introducing MoinMoin

• General
  • About MoinMoin
  • What makes MoinMoin special?
  • Who is using MoinMoin?
• Features
  • Operating System Support
  • Servers
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Anti-Spam
  • Storage
  • Search / Indexing
  • User Interface
  • Logging
  • Technologies
• License

Using MoinMoin

• User Accounts
  • Account Creation
  • User Settings
  • Special Features for Users with Accounts
  • Logging out
• Markups Supported by MoinMoin
  • MoinWiki markup overview
  • WikiCreole markup overview
  • reStructuredText Markup
  • DocBook XML Markup
  • MediaWiki markup overview
  • Markdown Markup
• Templates and Metadata
  • Templates
  • Metadata
• Searching and Finding
  • Entering search queries
  • Simple search queries
  • Redirect to best match
  • Using wildcards
  • Using regular expressions
  • Searching an item’s subitems
  • Searching in specific fields
  • Notes
  • More information
• File Upload
  • Single File Upload
  • Multiple File Upload
• Namespaces
  • URL layout
• User Subscriptions
  • Types of subscriptions
  • Editing subscriptions

Administering MoinMoin

• Requirements
  • Servers
  • Dependencies
  • Clients
• Installation
  • Installing the code
  • Creating a wiki instance
  • Run your wiki instance
  • Verifying signed releases
  • Useful Resources
• Server Options
  • Built-in Web Server (easy)
  • External Web Server (advanced)
  • Create and Serve a Static Wiki Image
• Introduction into MoinMoin Configuration
  • Kinds of configuration files
  • Directory Structure
  • wikiconfig.py Layout
• Wiki Engine Configuration
  • User Interface Customization
  • Authentication
  • Transmission security
  • Password security
  • Authorization
  • Secrets
  • Groups
  • Content security policy (CSP)
  • Storage
  • Mail configuration
• Framework Configuration
• Logging Configuration
  • environment variable MOINLOGGINGCONF
  • configuration in adaptor script
• Changes in MoinMoin
• MoinMoin 2 Version History
  • Version 2.0.0b5 2026-03-24
  • Version 2.0.0b4 2025-11-07
  • Version 2.0.0b3 2025-05-24
  • Version 2.0.0b2 2025-03-01
  • Version 2.0.0b1 2024-08-07
  • Version 2.0.0a1 2024-03-27
• Upgrading
  • From Moin < 1.9
  • From Moin 1.9.x
• Backup and Restore
  • Full Backup / Restore
  • Selective Backup
  • Selective Restore
• Indexes
  • General
  • Configuration
  • moin index subcommand reference
  • Building an index for a single wiki
  • Building an index for a wiki farm
• Password Resetting/Invalidation
  • Resetting one or a few password(s)
  • Resetting many or all password(s)
• Maintenance
  • Reduce Revisions
  • Set Metadata
  • Validate and Optionally Fix Metadata
• Security Guide
  • Use Encrypted Transport (HTTPS)
  • Configure Secure Authentication
  • Enable Authorization (ACLs)
  • Use Groups for Permissions
  • Configure Cryptographic Secrets
  • Enforce Strong Password Policies
  • Use Secure Password Storage
  • Configure Content Security Policy (CSP)
  • Use a Production-Ready Web Server
  • Keep the System Updated
  • Verify Software Integrity
  • Perform Regular Backups
  • Enable Logging and Monitoring
  • Handle Migration Securely
  • Validate Host Headers (TRUSTED_HOSTS)
  • Further Considerations
• Moin Command Line Interface
  • See also

Getting Support for and Contributing to MoinMoin

• MoinMoin Supports You
  • Free Support
  • Commercial Support
• You Support MoinMoin
  • Like to help others?
  • Found a bug?
  • Have an idea?
  • Born to code?
  • Loving UI / UX design?
  • Have good language or documentation skills?
• Translating MoinMoin
  • If your language already exists
  • If your language doesn’t exist yet
  • Note for developers

Developing MoinMoin

• Development
  • Useful Resources
  • Requirements for development
  • Typical development workflow
  • MoinMoin architecture
  • How MoinMoin works
  • Testing
  • Documentation
  • Moin Shell
  • Package Release on pypi.org and GitHub Releases

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Indices and Tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page

• Glossary