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linkding vs Briefkasten: catalog facts
linkding	Briefkasten
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Managed hosting options exist from third…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Browser extension	Web, Self-hosted
Archives bookmarked pages as local HTML or on the Internet Archive, so content survives Imports and exports Netscape HTML, so nothing is locked in	Self-hostable with Docker files included Also offered as a hosted instance
Self-hosted, so you run and back up the service Deliberately minimal; there is no full-text search of archived pages	Setup needs a database and an OAuth provider configured No tagged releases
Self-hosted, Browser extension	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	Account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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