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nb vs Benotes: catalog facts
nb	Benotes
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Plain text notes with Git-backed versioning and sync Bookmarking and archiving alongside notes	Notes and bookmarks in one place Markdown and rich text editing
Terminal-first workflow; the web interface runs locally Windows needs WSL, MSYS or Cygwin	Still in beta and may have bugs No tagged releases; commits are infrequent
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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