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Linkwarden vs Benotes: catalog facts
Linkwarden	Benotes
Freemium Self-hosting is free; the cloud service is a paid subscription with a free trial.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Saves screenshot, PDF and HTML copies of every page Reader view with highlights and annotations	Notes and bookmarks in one place Markdown and rich text editing
Full-page archiving uses more storage than plain bookmarks Hosted plan is paid after the trial	Still in beta and may have bugs No tagged releases; commits are infrequent
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is 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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