# Weft QDA 1.0.0 released

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**Created:** [February 15, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weft-qda-1-0-0-released/53863 "2006-02-15T15:50:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weft-qda-1-0-0-released/53863/1 "2006-02-15T15:50:26Z")

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Hello everyone

I’m delighted to announce that Weft QDA version 1.0 is now available for  
download from [Weft QDA - a free, open-source tool for qualitative data analysis](http://www.pressure.to/qda/)

Weft QDA is a free, open-source tool for analysis of textual qualitative  
data for Windows and GNU/Linux. It’s intended for use in social  
anthropology, sociology and related disciplines, and offers a solid set  
of features in a consistent, modern, platform-native user interface  
(provided by WxWidgets and wxruby)

- code and retrieve text and “coding-on” using hierarchically organised  
categories
- fast free-text search and boolean queries
- coding statistics and cross-tabulations
- export to HTML and CSV formats
- comprehensive user manual in a variety of formats
- single-file project format (".qdp, provided by SQLite and sqlite-ruby)

It can and has been used successfully for a wide variety of real-life  
research projects. it’s particularly suitable for teaching and learning  
CAQDAS (Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis)

Many thanks to those who’ve tried beta versions, to the maintainers of  
the various dependencies on which Weft QDA is built, and to Rubyforge  
hosts and mirrors for a great set of tools for open-source Ruby  
development.

alex