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Inventaire vs Jelu: catalog facts
Inventaire	Jelu
Free Free to use and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Book data from ISBNs and Wikidata Share a library with friends and communities	Imports reading history from Goodreads Automatic book and author metadata
Focused on books only Covers physical books rather than ebook files	Requires running your own server Tracks books rather than reading ebook files
Web application, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is 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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