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FireAnt

FireAnt (Filter, Identify, Report, and Export Analysis Toolkit) is a freeware social media and data analysis toolkit with built-in visualization tools including time-series, geo-position (map), and network (graph) plotting. Note that Twitter data collection is not currently available due to recent changes in Twitter policies.

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Downloads

Official releases

  • Windows (Installer) (2.2.1)
  • Windows (Portable) (2.2.1)
  • MacOS 10/11 (2.2.1)
  • Linux (Portable) (2.2.1)

Older releases

  • Complete history of all versions released.

Patreon Supporters, PayPal Donations, ‘Buy Me A Coffee’ Donations

Click one of the following if you want to make a small donation to support the future development of this tool.

Merchandise

Visit the AntLab shop for official AntConc merchandise.

Older releases

All previous releases of FireAnt can be found at the following link. *.exe and *_win.zip are for Windows. *.dmg, *.zip and *.pkg files are for Macintosh OS X. *.tar.gz files are for Linux.

  • All previous releases

Discussion Group

General Discussion (Google Groups)

Citation/Reference

Use the following method to cite/reference FireAnt according to the APA style guide:

  • Anthony, L. [other author] (YEAR OF RELEASE). FireAnt (Version VERSION NUMBER) [Computer Software]. Tokyo, Japan: Waseda University. https://www.laurenceanthony.net/software/fireant/

For example if you download FireAnt 2.2.1, which was released in 2022, you would cite/reference it as follows:

  • Anthony, L. (2022). FireAnt (Version 2.2.1) [Computer Software]. Tokyo, Japan: Waseda University. https://www.laurenceanthony.net/software/fireant/

FireAnt Main Window

FireAnt Graph (Network) Output

FireAnt Geoposition (Map) Output

FireAnt Timeseries Output (UK leader debate 2014)

 

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