Free alternatives to NVivo

Lumivero's qualitative data analysis software. Here are 3 free options, most popular first.

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QualCoder

Qualitative analysis

Qualitative data analysis for text, images, audio and video

Stars
694
Licence
LGPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to NVivo, ATLAS.ti

CATMA

Qualitative analysis

Web-based text annotation and analysis for the humanities

Stars
104
Licence
GPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to NVivo, MAXQDA

Taguette

Qualitative analysis

Free and open-source tool for qualitative research

Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Status
Open source

Alternative to NVivo, ATLAS.ti

Free tools are not always drop-in replacements. Check that a tool supports the file formats, tests and methods your supervisor, journal or ethics board expects before switching mid-project.

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