Top 7 Open-Source Alternatives to MAXQDA

The top open-source alternatives to MAXQDA are QualCoder, spaCy, and Zotero. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

QualCoder Landing Page
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QualCoder

A very complete Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) written in Python. It works with text, images, and multimedia such as audios and videos.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Market Research #Text Analytics #Research Tools 3 user reviews
spaCy Landing Page
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spaCy

spaCy is a library for advanced natural language processing in Python and Cython.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Natural Language Processing #NLP And Text Analytics #Spreadsheets 58 social mentions
Zotero Landing Page
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Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Research Tools #Information Organization #Document Management 17 social mentions
AcademiaOS Landing Page
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AOS

AcademiaOS

Open-source, LLM-powered platform supporting and scaling qualitative analysis and theory development.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Research Tools #Market Research #Text Analytics
Observable Landing Page
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Observable

Interactive code examples/posts
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Visualization #Data Dashboard #Data Science Notebooks 286 social mentions
Vega-Lite Landing Page
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Vega-Lite

High-level grammar of interactive graphics
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Visualization #Data Dashboard #Javascript UI Libraries 22 social mentions
Vega Visualization Grammar Landing Page
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Vega Visualization Grammar

Visualization grammar for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Visualization #Data Dashboard #Charting Libraries 12 social mentions