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Wordbook vs Akkhara: catalog facts
WordbookAkkhara
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Free

Free to use, with optional donations through a tip jar.

Linux Windows, Linux, Android, iOS
  • Works fully offline
  • Pronunciations through eSpeak
  • Fuzzy search tolerates misspellings
  • Searches inside definitions as well as headwords
  • English only
  • Linux only
  • Licensed CC-BY-NC-ND, so not open source
  • Little detail published about which languages and dictionaries are included
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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