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GoldenDict-ng vs Kiten: catalog facts
GoldenDict-ng	Kiten
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
Reads MDX, DSL, StarDict, Zim and other formats Shows several dictionaries' results on one page	English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries Kanji dictionary with several lookup methods
Dictionaries must be obtained and added separately Many options to configure for a new user	Built around KDE, so it looks most at home on a Plasma desktop Focused on lookup rather than structured lessons
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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