The library

How to keep a reference library.

Comparisons with the tools people weigh this against, what to use when one of them stops fitting, and how to run a collection that is already too big to scroll. Written for references you already have rather than ones you are about to start collecting.

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Comparison1

Head-to-head, including the rows where the other one wins. Someone reading this is choosing today.

Comparison
refern does more. Coii Ref does less, deliberately.
refern has more features and three platforms. Coii Ref is $19, macOS only, and keeps your canvases as plain files. An honest comparison of both.
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How to keep a reference library.

refern does more. Coii Ref does less, deliberately.