v0.7.0-alpha
Pre-release
Connect QualCoder to Claude Desktop for AI-assisted qualitative data analysis — explore your coded data conversationally, and code, edit your codebook, and write memos with a human-in-the-loop approval gate.
This is an alpha. It works and it's been tested hard, but it's early — please work on copies of your projects, never originals.
New in this release
Memo writing — annotate codes, categories, files, codings, and cases; keep a research journal.
Full codebook editing — create, rename, recolour, merge, move, and delete codes and categories, conversationally. Destructive operations (merge, delete) preview the change and take a safety backup first, and match QualCoder's own behaviour (verified against its source).
Building on v0.6.0-alpha's working AI-coding loop, undo/restore tooling, REFI-QDA export, and concurrency safety.
Safety
Read-only by default. Every write is preceded by an automatic backup, verified against QualCoder's format, and refused while QualCoder has the project open (it asks you to close it first) so the two can't corrupt each other. 879 automated tests; reviewed for security; behaviour checked against QualCoder 3.8.2 source. CI green on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Requires
Python 3.10+, Claude Desktop, QualCoder 3.8.x with at least one project. macOS, Linux, or Windows.
Support
Bug reports, questions, and feature ideas all go through GitHub Issues — see SUPPORT.md. Early adopters shape the roadmap; feature ideas are as welcome as bug reports.
Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md. MIT licensed, no warranty.