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NeonLink vs Espial: catalog facts
NeonLink	Espial
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Low resource use, suited to Raspberry Pi Automatic icons, titles and descriptions	Multi-user support Simple SQLite storage
Basic feature set without archiving or sharing Docker is the only documented installation method	Requires running your own server Small project with a modest feature set
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
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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