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Benotes vs linkding: catalog facts
Benotes	linkding
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Managed hosting options exist from third…
Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Browser extension
Notes and bookmarks in one place Markdown and rich text editing	Archives bookmarked pages as local HTML or on the Internet Archive, so content survives Imports and exports Netscape HTML, so nothing is locked in
Still in beta and may have bugs No tagged releases; commits are infrequent	Self-hosted, so you run and back up the service Deliberately minimal; there is no full-text search of archived pages
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Browser extension
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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