Livia WeigelSpoiler: you can’t.
May include Microsoft hate.
https://www.lwgl.xyz/blog/essay/2026/how-to-run-maxqda-on-linux/
MerlinTripleDeluxe🌟@livia rede mal 🗣️💯
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Magnolia@livia Livia, just letting you know that as of recently Magnolia exists (https://www.caledavis.eu/magnolia.html). It's a free and open-source alternative to MAXQDA and Atlas.ti, and runs on Linux (it's built on the Electron framework). It also doesn't have any AI features. Not battle-tested like the others, of course, but it may be worthwhile checking out.
@magnolia_qda oh wow, that’s new and promising. I’ve got a few questions if you don’t mind:
What’s the motivation and goal of the project?
Why the EUPL? Its new to me
Does it support rich text (html) in the viewer/coding environment? (Eg qualCoder converts to plain text)
What export formats are available for individual documents?
I see „no AI“ in the FAQ, but lots of Claude Co-Contributions. What are the standards for code quality and contributions?
@livia The EUPL is the European Union Public Licence (https://commission.europa.eu/about/departments-and-executive-agencies/digital-services/open-source-strategy-history/european-union-public-licence_en). The motivation is simply to provide a tool which I wish I had when I was doing my PhD. I think there's a need for it. It has no AI features, but is indeed written with Claude Code (over many months). It does not support HTML in the viewer yet, but you can convert your document to PDF. It does not export the documents you import (because you already have them), but it exports reports and analyses as PDF and SVG, CSV.
@magnolia_qda honestly, im still hesitant:
It seems great, but I've seen a fair amount of projects mostly written by/with LLMs that simply die after a year. And im hesitant feeding important material into (and storing data in a format of) a program which seems to be written to a greater extend by/with an LLM. LLMs tend to create tiny errors that just mess up things BADLY down the road...
Nonetheless, I'll keep an eye on it :)