{{Short description|Open-source tool for textual qualitative data analysis}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}{{Infobox software | name = Taguette | screenshot = | logo = Taguette logo.png | logo upright = 0.5 | caption = | developer = {{unbulleted list| Rémi Rampin| Vicky Rampin| Sarah DeMott}} | latest_release_version = 1.5.1 | latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2025|11|10}} | programming language = Python | operating_system = {{hlist|Linux|macOS|Windows}} | genre = Qualitative data analysis | license = 3-clause BSD | website = {{official url}} }} '''Taguette''' is a free and open-source tool for textual qualitative data analysis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Rampin |first=Rémi |last2=Rampin |first2=Vicky |date=2021-12-10 |title=Taguette: open-source qualitative data analysis |url=https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03522 |journal=Journal of Open Source Software |language=en |volume=6 |issue=68 |pages=3522 |doi=10.21105/joss.03522 |issn=2475-9066|doi-access=free }}</ref> It allows users to import textual data, highlight and tag/code the data and export the results. The software is used in a wide range of fields such as anthropology,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Buckel |first=Anica |last2=Afakye |first2=Kofi |last3=Koka |first3=Eric |last4=Price |first4=Cortney |last5=Kabali |first5=Emmanuel |last6=Caudell |first6=Mark A. |date=2024-07-23 |title=Understanding the factors influencing biosecurity adoption on smallholder poultry farms in Ghana: a qualitative analysis using the COM-B model and Theoretical Domains Framework |url=https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1324233 |journal=Frontiers in Veterinary Science |language=English}}</ref> education,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nolan |first=Clodagh |last2=Doyle |first2=Jessica K |last3=Lewis |first3=Kieran |last4=Treanor |first4=Declan |date=2023-05-01 |title=Disabled Students’ perception of the sensory aspects of the learning and social environments within one Higher Education Institution |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226221126895 |journal=British Journal of Occupational Therapy |language=EN}}</ref> nursing,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yoong |first=Si Qi |last2=Schmidt |first2=Laura Tham |last3=Chao |first3=Felicia Fang Ting |last4=Devi |first4=Kamala M. |last5=Wang |first5=Wenru |last6=Zhang |first6=Hui |date=2024-03-01 |title=Nursing students' perspectives and learning experiences of participating in a palliative and end-of-life care simulation programme: A qualitative study |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106103 |journal=Nurse Education Today}}</ref> psychology,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Garcia-Molina |first=Irene |date=2024-04-23 |title=“When I need help, I ask my friends”: experiences of Spanish autistic women when disclosing their late diagnosis to family and friends |url=https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1342352 |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |language=English}}</ref> sociology<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Machín |first=Leandro |last2=Brunet |first2=Gerónimo |last3=Fajardo |first3=Gabriela |last4=Bonilla |first4=Luciana |last5=Costa |first5=María |last6=González |first6=Fernanda |last7=Bentancor |first7=Silvia |last8=Girona |first8=Alejandra |last9=Verdier |first9=Sofía |last10=Curutchet |first10=María Rosa |last11=Cauci |first11=Adriana |last12=Pochellú |first12=Lucía |last13=Ares |first13=Gastón |date=2024-07-01 |title=Exploring food purchase decisions in food insecure households: An exploratory qualitative study in an emerging Latin American country |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105146 |journal=Food Quality and Preference}}</ref> and marketing.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sithole |first=Nyiko Sibusiso |last2=Hattingh |first2=Roela |date=2024-12-10 |title=Gen Z and cause marketing – A Q-methodology perspective |url=https://doi.org/10.38140/com.v49i.8590 |journal=Communitas}}</ref>

== Features == Taguette is intended to help users analyse unstructured textural data such as: observations, interviews, documents and audiovisual materials.<ref name=":0" /> The software can import PDFs, Word Docs, Text files, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, Open Documents and Rich Text Files.

The software allows users to highlight words, sentences, or paragraphs and tag them with the codes either as an individual researcher, or as part of a team when the software is installed on a server.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stürmer |first=Matthias |date=Dec 13, 2024 |title=Taguette for Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) |url=https://www.ossdirectory.com/en/knowhow/details/taguette-fr-die-computergesttzte-qualitative-datenanalyse-caqdas |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=OSS Directory}}</ref>

Users report that there is a low learning curve<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brunner |first=Nicki |date=2023-03-22 |title=Tag (Taguette), You’re It! |url=https://www.qrcaviews.org/2023/03/22/tag-taguetteyoure-it/ |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=QRCA |language=en-US}}</ref> and the collaborative nature of the software is highlighted.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Avery |first=Joshua |title=LibGuides: Qualitative Research Tools and Resources: NEW! Taguette (Collaboration Option) |url=https://guides.library.wheaton.edu/QualResearch/Taguette |access-date=2021-08-12 |website=guides.library.wheaton.edu |language=en}}</ref> The lack of nested codes has been identified as a limitation by some users,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-16 |title=A review of Taguette - an open source alternative for qualitative data coding - Kathy Reid |url=https://blog.kathyreid.id.au/2021/11/16/taguette-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320215416/https://blog.kathyreid.id.au/2021/11/16/taguette-review/ |archive-date=2025-03-20 |access-date=2025-09-22 |work=Kathy Reid |language=en-AU}}</ref> however the developers state that the software allows users to nest codes, but currently they are not visually displayed in a tree.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2025-04-09 |title=Qualitative Analysis with Taguette |url=https://zenodo.org/records/15233827 |journal=IASSIST QDA Workshop Series}}</ref>

== History == According to the developers, the motivation for creating Taguette was a lack of functional free software to undertake qualitative research.<ref name=":0" /> Initially created around late 2018, the release of version 1.0.0 in mid-2021 formalised its stable baseline. Since then, incremental updates have extended functionality, improved stability and support for more import formats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Releases · Remi Rampin / taguette · GitLab |url=https://gitlab.com/remram44/taguette/-/releases |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=GitLab |language=en}}</ref>

== See also == {{Portal|Free and open-source software}} * Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links==

* [https://www.taguette.org/ Official website]

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