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Shaarli vs buku: catalog facts
Shaarli	buku
Free Free software at no cost.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
No database to set up Lightweight and quick to run	Fast search with regex and deep scan options Imports bookmarks from browsers and fetches page metadata
Single user only Minimal feature set compared with archiving bookmark managers	Primarily a command-line tool Web interface is a separate component to set up
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Zlib	License: GPL-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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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