Sites like BnF

01 · Entity

About BnF

BnF bnf.fr

Accueil | BnF – Site institutionnel

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Wikidata: national library of France in Paris

Top 10K · #4,690 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

Institutional website of the National Library of France, covering its Paris sites, exhibitions, the BnF Museum, catalogues and research databases, and an ask-a-librarian service.

Who it’s for

Researchers, readers, librarians and the general public

Business model

Government funded

• national library
• Catalogue général
• legal deposit
• BnF Museum Richelieu
• library exhibitions
• Gallica digital library
• ask a librarian service
• CCFr union catalogue
• manuscripts and rare books

02 · Embedding space

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1. 01
   CNRS cnrs.fr Top 10K English

   Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

   Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans

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2. 02
   Library of Congress loc.gov Top 1K English

   Home | Library of Congress

   The world's largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office.

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3. 03
   National Library of Australia nla.gov.au Top 10K English

   Home | National Library of Australia (NLA)

   national reference library in Canberra, Australia

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4. 04
   CNIL cnil.fr Top 10K English

   Homepage | CNIL

   national French data protection authority

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5. 05
   Libération liberation.fr Top 10K English

   liberation.fr

   French daily newspaper founded in 1973

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6. 06
   inria.fr Top 10K English

   Making sure you're not a bot!

   French research institution in computer science

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7. 07
   Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

   Smithsonian request verification

   group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

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8. 08
   National Archives and Records Administration archives.gov Top 10K English

   National Archives | Home

   National Archives and Records Administration

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9. 09
   Internet Archive archive.org Top 1K English

   Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

   U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive

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10. 10
    Fnac fnac.com Top 10K English

    fnac.com

    French multinational electronics store chain

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11. 11
    Open Library openlibrary.org Top 10K English

    Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

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12. 12
    JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    distributor of eBooks and other digital media

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13. 13
    Belgium belgium.be Top 10K English

    Language selection | Belgium.be

    country in western Europe

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14. 14
    GovInfo govinfo.gov Top 10K English

    GovInfo | U.S. Government Publishing Office

    U.S. Government Publishing Office

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15. 15
    UK National Archives nationalarchives.gov.uk Top 10K English

    Welcome to The National Archives

    Explore 1,000 years of history with the official national archive of the UK Government.

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16. 16
    www.gov.br Top 1K English

    Home — Planalto

    country in South America

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17. 17
    ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov Top 10K English

    ClinicalTrials.gov

    United States government registry of clinical trials

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18. 18
    RFI rfi.fr Top 10K English

    RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

    Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.

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19. 19
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

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20. 20
    leboncoin leboncoin.fr Top 10K English

    leboncoin.fr

    French classified advertisements website

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to bnf.fr’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones BnF uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What BnF is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.