BRAT
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VisitBRAT vs doccano
What both publish
| Fact | BRAT | doccano |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | Multiple annotators can work simultaneously on the same collection or document and see each other’s edits nearly as they are made. | Multiple users can collaborate on annotation projects. |
| Purpose | brat is a web-based tool for structured text annotation, where annotations have fixed forms that computers can process. | doccano is an open-source text annotation tool for humans and machine-learning practitioners. |
| Support | The project directs usage questions to its mailing list and bug reports or feature requests to its GitHub issue tracker. | The documentation directs users who are stuck to the FAQ and says help and feedback can be sent to the author. |
BRAT plans
- brat v1.3 (Crunchy Frog)Free
doccano plans
- doccano open-source self-hostedFree
- MIT-licensed softwareFree
Pick BRAT if…
brat suits research and annotation teams that need configurable structured text labeling and collaboration. It is intended for users able to work with a self-hosted installation in a UNIX-like environment.
Pick doccano if…
doccano suits teams and practitioners who need to label datasets collaboratively, including for classification, entity recognition, or summarization. It also fits users who want self-hosting and API-based integration with scripts or models.