QualCoder Version 3.8.2

We recently identified bugs that may affect those who use the Auto-Code Exact Text feature (The left-most Auto-code button). The issues were selecting multiple files to auto-code, and the application of the Regex function.

• Fixed: Auto-Code Exact Text using Regex, The Regex text itself was stored and presented in reports, and not the text that the Regex referred to.

• Fixed: Auto-code when selecting multiple files the auto-code may not always scan through all the files.

• Fixed: Other minor bugs described in the Known Issues for 3.8 were also addressed.

• There is one new feature. There is an option to import from a Taguette.sqlite3 file.

QualCoder is released under the LGLP v3 license

Installation

Windows

Attached to the end of release page you will find two options:

QualCoder_3_8_2_Win_setup.exe: a Windows installer, will set up QualCoder like any normal app, with entries in the start menu, etc.
QualCoder_3_8_2_Win_Portable.exe: A portable binary. Double-click to run and wait for 15 seconds.

On first use of the exe, Windows will ask you to allow to run QualCoder. This is because it is from an unknown publisher. It costs a lot of money to get a trusted publisher certificate - so that will not be possible for the foreseeable future.

The executable files are large downloads. Occasionally you might get a CRDOWNLOAD issue. First, check the file is fully downloaded. If not then Resume downloads in your browser. If it seems to be fully downloaded then rename it to the name that was expected and double-click to run. (e.g. From CRDOWNLOAD to 1.QualCoder_3_8_2_Win_Setup.exe)

MacOS

Attached to the end of release page you will find two options:

QualCoder_3_8_2_arm64.dmg: App bundle for newer Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 ... M4 processors)
We are not able to compile a binary for Intel based Macs right now due to incompatibilities in the libraries we use.
The app bundles are compiled on macOS Sequoia. They might also work on Sonoma and Ventura.

If you do not admin rights on your macOS. The solution is to move the folder to /Users/mylogin/Applications and delete the com.apple.quarantine attribute from the dmg (xattr – d com.apple.quarantine /Users/mylogin/Applications/qualcoder.app).

We are currently not able to sign the app bundles, so you will get a warning that QualCoder is from an unregistered developer. You have to manually allow the app to be executed, if your Gatekeeper is active. Follow these steps:

Double-click the downloaded dmg-file.

Drag QualCoder into the link to your applications.
Start QualCoder by double-clicking the app within your applications folder. You will get an error that QualCoder is from an unregistered developer. The app will not start.
Go to Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Scroll down until you see a message stating QualCoder was prevented from starting. Click on "open anyway".
From now on, QualCoder should start without issues.

Linux Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint, ZorinOS, Debian, Arch

This binary should work on the above recent releases of Linux distros, e.g. Linux Mint 22.3, Ubuntu 24.04 etc.

QualCoder_3_8_2_ubuntu executable

The binary file may work in other distros also. You need to make it executable, via the GUI or using the terminal.

Linux Fedora

Fedora has a segmentation fault (software crashes) which is, we believe, currently not fixed, regarding audio / video coding. This fault has not been recently tested, so it may or may not still be present.

Manual install

For install from source code, download the zip file below and use the instructions in the README file to install on your operating system.

Known issues

• When clicking on links from the AI chat to document sources, the quote might not scroll into view correctly. This issue is fixed in the binaries below.
• Emoji characters in text documents can cause a shifted position issue in QualCoder. This is most obvious when you use Regex to auto-code text but could occur at other times. It is recommended that you remove emojies from the text before you start coding.