When comparing MoinMoin vs Quip, the Slant community recommends MoinMoin for most people. In the question“What are the best multi-user wikis?” MoinMoin is ranked 7th while Quip is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose MoinMoin is:
You'll need Apache and Python set up. To install MoinMoin itself download the archive, open it and run setup.py from the command line.
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Pros
Pro Straightforward installation
You'll need Apache and Python set up. To install MoinMoin itself download the archive, open it and run setup.py from the command line.
Pro Portable version
There's a Portable version of MoinMoin that can be used without having to install it.
Pro Users can create personal bookmarks
Pro Functionality can be extended with plugins
A selection of plugins is available at MoinMoinExtensions.
Pro Offline sync
Pro Global recent changes RSS feed
Pro Integrates with Xapian to allow searching through files
Xapian integration will allow searching through PDF, OpenOffice, Word, etc attachments.
Pro Full-text search
Pro Reasonable selection of themes
A few dozen themes are available for MoinMoin on the ThemeMarket, allowing you to quickly change the look and feel of the wiki.
Pro Version control
MoinMoin allows viewing past revisions of pages.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under GPL v2.
Pro Offline editing
Quip allows for offline editing of documents which then sync upon connection to Wi-Fi. This way users can continuing working while not connected to a data signal, but they can still back up their work when they do finally get one.
Pro Amazing mobile interface
Unlike other mobile apps, Quip has really innovated the text editor on mobile, making for a good Evernote alternative. It has a great interface for formatting text that stays out of your road so to maximize how much room you have to type.
Pro Private document sharing
Files can be shared with others via a URL. The owner of the shared document can set it to be in read-only mode or they can allow anyone to edit it. Collaborators don't need to have a Quip account to participate. This feature makes for a great Evernote alternative, for those looking for a different app that has this similar function.
Pro Highly compatible
Quip can export documents to several formats, including .DOC, .PDF, .HTML, as well as a couple of others. This allows for compatibility with a wide selection of other apps.
Cons
Con Attachment history isn't tracked
While it supports attachments, if an attachment is deleted, it's gone.
Con Can't limit attachment size
There's no way to set a limit on attachment sizes.
Con New version has performance issues
…on my old phone. Yes I know my phone is at fault but the old version wasn't annoyingly slow in the Spreadsheet component.
Con Not really free with stringent controls on trial
The trial is content limited which means if you start using it quite a bit they'll pick the perfect moment to swoop in and start charging you. It's better for them because it means they can look at your account and pick the best time to ask you to pay (hey we notice you're using Quip lots and have a new project you just started how about you pay now or you lose everything).
Con Limited formatting on spreadsheets
Within spreadsheet cells, you can't do things like, for example, taking part of the text and aligning it to the center or to the left. Furthermore, in the mobile app, you can't jump to the next line to keep writing inside the same cell.
Con Can't rename files
You can't really rename documents per se in Quip. What you do is put the first line of the document as its title, so that it is displayed on the main list of documents on the app. The program suggests to combine it with a HL (Large Heading) format.