What are the best (free) thematic analysis software packages?

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Åsa Rejnö

Here you can find a compilation of what that site calls the top 21 free qualitative data analysis software. Some I have heard of, som not. Some can handle both audio and video data.

https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-free-qualitative-data-analysis-software/

Take a look and see what fits you and your data best.

David L Morgan

Any of the typical qualitative data analysis programs can be used for thematic analysis, based on coding relevant data segments and then searching and retrieving based on those codes. Also, all the major programs offer some version of a free trial.

For a truly free program, I would recommend QDA Miner Lite.

Ben Stickle

I agree with David, QDA is a great program.

https://provalisresearch.com/products/qualitative-data-analysis-software/

Sanaa Alharahsheh

ATLAS and MXQDA. are good software to analyze qualitative data to develop themes

Felicia Constance Omokaro Romanus

I think Nvivo is a good software package for

thematic analysis

Sally Sanger

I used NVivo and found it really good for managing the data

Martin M H Wong

I also prefer NVivo as it is quite user friendly for data management.

Marco Gemignani

She is asking for FREE QDA! Nvivo, Atlas, MXQDA are license-based and expensive.

Valarmathie Gopalan

any tool for quantitative ?

Marie Marfaing

I'm looking for a good free thematic analysis software that can run on a mac. I'd be very grateful for any help with this.

As I indicated earlier, any of the typical qualitative analysis programs will perform qualitative analysis. Unfortunately QDA Miner, the best of the free programs, does not run on a Mac.

Leonard Heyerdahl

TAMS Analyzer is a Mac/Linux open source software for qualitative coding :

http://tamsys.sourceforge.net/

Regarding the original question

Nvivo has a 14 day trial period and is both Mac and PC (although the PC version has more features).

on a broader note, if you have access to Parrallels desktop software you can install any PC software on a Mac, for instance QDA Miner lite as was suggested by D L Morgan.

I like taguette (www.taguette.org): it's free and runs online.

Constantino Pedzisai

Use of Atlas.ti for large volumes of qualitative data.

It is license-based and bought online. It has subsidized rates for institutions and students. It is very user friendly. I used it for my doctoral research.