Open Source & Free Forever

AI-Assisted Data Annotation Made Simple

The ultimate open-source text annotation tool with human-in-the-loop workflows. Create labeled datasets, annotate documents with AI, and prepare training data for NLP and LLM evaluation.

AnnotaLoop Data Annotation Workflow - Document to AI Suggestions to Human Review to Structured Output

Powerful Features for Data Annotation

Everything you need for professional text annotation, document labeling, and training data preparation

AI-Assisted Annotation

Let AI annotate your documents while you review. Supports Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and more.

Human-in-the-Loop

Perfect balance of AI speed and human accuracy. Review, accept, reject, or modify AI suggestions with ease.

Batch Processing

Annotate multiple documents at once with batch workflows. Process entire projects efficiently.

Custom Labels & Rules

Define your own annotation labels with colors, descriptions, and AI rules for consistent labeling.

Multi-Format Export

Import PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown. Export annotated datasets in JSON, CSV, or as documents.

Privacy-First & Offline

Your data stays on your machine. Works offline with local LLMs like Ollama.

Video Tutorials

Learn AnnotaLoop in under 4 minutes with our comprehensive video guides

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Start Your First Project

Create project, configure labels, annotate with AI, review, and export

Download AnnotaLoop

Free, open-source data annotation software for macOS, Windows, and Linux

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Perfect for Every Use Case

From research to production, AnnotaLoop scales with your annotation needs

Research & Academia

Create labeled datasets for NLP research and thesis projects

Enterprise AI

Prepare training data for document classification and NER

LLM Fine-tuning

Create RLHF datasets and ground truth data for LLM evaluation

Freelance & Consulting

Offer professional data annotation services

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Built by Tayyab

Final-year Master's (M2) student in NLP at Université de Lorraine (IDMC). Focus: LLM fine-tuning, RAG pipelines, Annotation Workflows, and model interpretability—from data to modeling to evaluation to deployment.

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macOS First-Time Setup

Since AnnotaLoop isn’t signed with an Apple Developer certificate, macOS may block it the first time. Do this:

  1. Download the .dmg file
  2. Open the DMG and drag AnnotaLoop to Applications
  3. Open Terminal and run:
xattr -cr /Applications/AnnotaLoop.app && open /Applications/AnnotaLoop.app

This removes the quarantine flag and opens the app. Usually needed only once.