Feature Comparison

Feature	ODict	StarDict	DICT	XDXF
Human-readable source format	XML	Plain text plus indexes	Plain text database files	XML
Compiled binary output	✅	✅	❌	❌
Offline lookup	✅	✅	Usually server-backed	✅
Exact lookup without indexing	✅	Uses generated indexes	Depends on server database	Depends on application
Built-in full-text search	✅	Application-dependent	Server-dependent	Application-dependent
Built-in tokenization	✅	❌	❌	❌
Primary access methods	CLI, Rust, Python, JavaScript, HTTP	Desktop/mobile readers	Network protocol and servers	Import/export format

Use ODict when you want a dictionary format that is easy to author, compact to ship, and practical to use from applications.