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Benotes vs Linkwarden: catalog facts
Benotes	Linkwarden
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium Self-hosting is free; the cloud service is a paid subscription with a free trial.
Web, Self-hosted	Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted
Notes and bookmarks in one place Markdown and rich text editing	Saves screenshot, PDF and HTML copies of every page Reader view with highlights and annotations
Still in beta and may have bugs No tagged releases; commits are infrequent	Full-page archiving uses more storage than plain bookmarks Hosted plan is paid after the trial
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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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