Discover LibreQDA#

What is it for?#

Imagine you have several interviews or texts to read, and you want to spot the passages that talk about the same topic. Done by hand, with a highlighter or copy-pasting, this gets long and hard to keep track of (for example, if your dog decides to help with the analysis in its own way).

LibreQDA lets you highlight a passage of text and attach a label to it (called a "code"). Then, you can find every passage with the same label in one click, even if they're spread across different documents.

Note that LibreQDA does not automatically classify the themes covered in the articles, essays or interview transcripts you upload to the interface. It is a tool that mainly helps you organize your qualitative data. Analyzing it is up to you.

Where to start?#

Go to libreqda.org! Follow the built-in tutorial. It appears the first time you log in and shows you, step by step, how to use the software.

You can also check the Core Features section, which explains each step in detail.

A few words to know#

• Document: a file you import (an interview, an article, etc.).
• Collection: a folder used to group several documents together.
• Code: a label you create to identify a topic.
• Encoding: attaching a label (a code) to a passage of text.
• Selection: a passage of text that has been coded.
• Project: the collection of your documents, codes, and coded selections.