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Espial vs Servas: catalog facts
Espial	Servas
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Multi-user support Simple SQLite storage	Nested groups and tag-based smart groups Firefox and Chrome extensions
Requires running your own server Small project with a modest feature set	No page archiving Setup requires a few manual Docker steps
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Account needed	Account 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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