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Espial vs Shaarli: catalog facts
Espial	Shaarli
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free software at no cost.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Multi-user support Simple SQLite storage	No database to set up Lightweight and quick to run
Requires running your own server Small project with a modest feature set	Single user only Minimal feature set compared with archiving bookmark managers
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Zlib
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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