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buku vs Shaarli: catalog facts
buku	Shaarli
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free software at no cost.
Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Fast search with regex and deep scan options Imports bookmarks from browsers and fetches page metadata	No database to set up Lightweight and quick to run
Primarily a command-line tool Web interface is a separate component to set up	Single user only Minimal feature set compared with archiving bookmark managers
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Zlib
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
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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