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Roam Research vs Logseq: catalog facts
Roam Research	Logseq
Paid Paid subscription; current plans are listed on the Roam Research site.	Freemium The app is free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. Logseq Sync is a paid service, and…
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Linked notes for building a graph of ideas Outline-style writing that feels like a bulleted list	Notes are plain Markdown files in a folder you control Block-level linking and embedding, not just page links
Little detail is published on the homepage Proprietary with no open-source version	The database version is in beta and the project warns data loss is possible Outliner structure does not suit long-form prose
Web application, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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