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