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Servas vs Espial: catalog facts
Servas	Espial
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Nested groups and tag-based smart groups Firefox and Chrome extensions	Multi-user support Simple SQLite storage
No page archiving Setup requires a few manual Docker steps	Requires running your own server Small project with a modest feature set
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Account 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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