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Espial vs NeonLink: catalog facts
Espial	NeonLink
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Multi-user support Simple SQLite storage	Low resource use, suited to Raspberry Pi Automatic icons, titles and descriptions
Requires running your own server Small project with a modest feature set	Basic feature set without archiving or sharing Docker is the only documented installation method
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Account 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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