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NAVAL-QDA is a desktop application for qualitative data analysis (QDA). Import interview transcripts, documents, and media; code them against a hierarchical node tree; classify sources by case and attribute; write analytic memos; run text and coding queries; visualize patterns; and generate reports — all from a local Electron + React app.
Key features: import .txt/.docx/.pdf plus audio/video for transcription; hierarchical coding with merge/move and percent-coded tracking; cases, attributes, and a classification sheet; memos linked to sources, cases, or nodes; text search, word frequency, coding, matrix coding, and coding-comparison queries; word cloud, hierarchy treemap, and similarity-cluster visualizations; coding reports and project summaries; and optional, opt-in AI-assisted summaries/code suggestions.
Local-first: project data lives in a local SQLite database — nothing leaves your machine unless you enable the AI provider. Status: early/pre-release (v0.1.0).
Features
- qualitative-data-analysis
- qda
- coding-software
- text-analysis
- research-tools
- academic-software
- content-analysis
- thematic-analysis
- data-coding
- interview-analysis
- desktop-application
- electron
- react
- sqlite
- cross-platform
- windows
- macos
- linux
- local-first
- privacy-focused
- offline
- no-cloud
- source-available
- nvivo-alternative
- atlas-ti-alternative
