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Benotes vs Briefkasten: catalog facts
Benotes	Briefkasten
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Notes and bookmarks in one place Markdown and rich text editing	Self-hostable with Docker files included Also offered as a hosted instance
Still in beta and may have bugs No tagged releases; commits are infrequent	Setup needs a database and an OAuth provider configured No tagged releases
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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