We're removing friction from research.
Qlarr is an open-source platform built for teams that need real research infrastructure, not another tool that creates as many problems as it solves.
Remove friction from research workflows.
Qlarr came from years of hands-on work with research and data collection. Building feedback systems for global brands, running offline collection tools, and repeatedly hitting the same wall: too many tools, too much coordination, too little control. We built Qlarr to fix that.
Research teams spend too much of their time managing tools, cleaning data, waiting for survey programmers, and working around platform limitations. The actual research — the thinking, the analysis, the insight — gets squeezed into whatever time is left.
Qlarr was built to change that. We started from a simple observation: the tools available to researchers either lack the capabilities they need, or they require too much operational overhead to use effectively. Most of the time, both.
We built Qlarr as a fully open-source platform that puts researchers in control. No vendor lock-in. No black-box data processing. No unnecessary dependencies between your research brief and your live study. Just a fast, capable platform that works the way research teams actually work: online, offline, and everywhere in between.
Founded
Cork, Ireland
open source
MIT-licensed codebase
to self-deploy
From zero to live instance
collection modes
Online, offline, hybrid
What guides every decision
Open by default
Every architectural and business decision at Qlarr starts with openness. The code is open, the data formats are open, and the deployment is yours. Full visibility into how your research infrastructure works is not a feature. It is a prerequisite for trust.
Research-first
We build for how research actually works, not how tools think it should work. That means offline-first collection, logic that handles real-world complexity, and quality controls that operate at the point of collection, not as an afterthought.
No lock-in, ever
Your surveys, your data, your infrastructure. Everything in Qlarr is designed to give you full control over your workflows and setup. No proprietary formats, no data hostage situations, no dependencies you did not choose.
Complexity handled simply
Research workflows can be genuinely complex: branching logic, multi-site fieldwork, mixed-mode collection. Our job is to absorb that complexity through strong, scalable technology so researchers can focus on the work, not the infrastructure.
Qlarr Limited
Qlarr is a software company incorporated in Ireland under the Companies Act 2014. We are headquartered in Cork and building open-source research infrastructure for teams that need control, flexibility, and reliability from their survey platform.
Want to know more?
Get in touch, whether you have a question about the platform, want to discuss a deployment, or just want to talk about research infrastructure.