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Orange Data Mining

Orange Data Mining is free, open-source software for machine learning, data mining, and data visualization.

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What Orange Data Mining is

Orange Data Mining is free, open-source software for machine learning, data mining, and data visualization. Available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, it lets users build analysis workflows by connecting widgets for data retrieval, preparation, visualization, modeling, and evaluation. Interactive views include scatter plots, box plots, histograms, heat maps, MDS projections, and model-specific visualizations. Its model catalog includes k-nearest neighbors, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting, support vector machines, neural networks, and logistic regression. Add-ons extend it into areas such as text mining, network analysis, fairness, time series, survival analysis, spectroscopy, and gene expression. It can use spreadsheets, files, Google Spreadsheets, and PostgreSQL or MSSQL databases; the SQL widget supports only PostgreSQL and MSSQL. Orange is installed locally, works offline, and does not store data. Embedded widgets send data to a server for computation, where the FAQ says it is not stored. Orange cannot export workflows as Python scripts and is not compatible with R.

Good

  • Free software under GNU GPL 3.0 or later
  • Visual workflows combine data preparation, modeling, and evaluation
  • Runs locally and can work offline
  • Add-ons cover multiple specialist analysis areas

Watch out

  • Cannot export a workflow as a Python script
  • Not compatible with R
  • SQL widget supports only PostgreSQL and MSSQL
  • Add-ons may have additional licensing requirements

Who it suits

Orange may suit beginners and experienced data scientists, as well as people learning data science in schools, universities, or professional training.

Verdict

Orange combines visual analysis workflows with a broad selection of models and add-ons, and can run locally without an internet connection. Its lack of Python workflow export and R compatibility are important constraints for some workflows.

Plans and prices

From Orange Data Mining's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
Orange Data MiningFreeFree software under GNU GPL 3.0 or later · add-ons may have additional licensing requirements

The facts

Each one read from Orange Data Mining's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Add-ons
Add-ons extend Orange with capabilities including text mining, network analysis, fairness in machine learning, time series, survival analysis, spectroscopy, and gene expression analysis.checked 2 Oct 2026
Database limit
The FAQ says the SQL widget supports PostgreSQL and MSSQL only, and can sample data instances for exploratory analysis of large datasets.checked 2 Oct 2026
Data integrations
The FAQ lists Excel and CSV/TSV files, Google Spreadsheets, image and text files through add-ons, and PostgreSQL and MSSQL databases.checked 2 Oct 2026
Intended users
The maker describes Orange as suited to beginners and expert data scientists and says it is used in schools, universities, and professional training.checked 2 Oct 2026
License
Orange is free software distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0 or, at the user's option, any later version.checked 2 Oct 2026
Local data handling
Orange is locally installed, can be used without an internet connection, and does not store data; embedding widgets send data to a server for computation, where the FAQ says it is not stored.checked 2 Oct 2026
Notable limitation
The FAQ says Orange cannot export a workflow as a Python script and is not compatible with R.checked 2 Oct 2026
Privacy policy
The website privacy policy says it uses personal information to provide and improve the site and uses Google Analytics to collect and analyze log data.checked 2 Oct 2026
Purpose
Orange is open-source software for machine learning, data mining, and data visualization.checked 2 Oct 2026
Support
The maker directs general support questions to Discord, bug reports to GitHub, and GUI and Python scripting questions to Data Science Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow respectively.checked 2 Oct 2026
Visualization
Interactive visualizations include scatter plots, box plots, histograms, heat maps, MDS projections, and model-specific views.checked 2 Oct 2026
Visual workflows
Users build data analysis workflows by connecting widgets for data retrieval, preprocessing, visualization, modeling, and evaluation.checked 2 Oct 2026

Where it runs

Machine learning
The widget catalog includes models such as k-nearest neighbors, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting, support vector machines, neural networks, and logistic regression.checked 2 Oct 2026
Platforms
The download page provides Windows and macOS installers and describes installation on other platforms through Anaconda, pip, or source.checked 2 Oct 2026

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