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Benotes vs nb: catalog facts
Benotes	nb
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Notes and bookmarks in one place Markdown and rich text editing	Plain text notes with Git-backed versioning and sync Bookmarking and archiving alongside notes
Still in beta and may have bugs No tagged releases; commits are infrequent	Terminal-first workflow; the web interface runs locally Windows needs WSL, MSYS or Cygwin
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
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 23, 2026

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