ActiveTigger vs Potato
ActiveTigger
activetigger.com
Potato
potatoannotator.comSide by side
| Figure | ActiveTigger | Potato |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Active Learning Tools | 7.2 (#7) | 7.5 (#6) |
| Installation | The source code is described as Python/React and ships with a Docker setup. | The maker’s quick start instructs users to install Potato with pip and requires Python 3.7 or later. |
| Privacy and deployment | The open-source product can be run on a user's own infrastructure for sensitive data. | Potato runs locally or on users’ own servers; the maker says this keeps data on their infrastructure and supports offline use. |
| Support | The site directs users to Discord, the issue tracker, or email for questions and feedback. | The FAQ directs users to Discord or the documentation for questions; the About page provides a team contact email. |
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In their own words
ActiveTigger
ActiveTigger has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Potato
Potato is an open-source platform for annotating text, audio, images, video, and qualitative data. Tasks are configured in YAML, and its maker says an annotation interface can be created without programming. The homepage lists 61 annotation types, including classification, spans, bounding boxes, polygons, and qualitative coding. Potato also supports annotating multi-agent teams on an interaction graph and evaluating computer-use, voice, and video agents. AI assistance can suggest labels, highlight keywords, check quality and consistency, pre-annotate material, and generate explanations. Listed integrations include OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Ollama, HuggingFace, OpenRouter, vLLM, YOLO, and LangChain. Imports cover text, image, audio, video, and PDF or HTML documents; exports include JSON, JSONL, CSV, CoNLL, Hugging Face, COCO, and YOLO. Potato runs locally or on users’ own servers and supports offline use. The free self-hosted plan includes all features and has no usage limits. It is licensed under GNU GPL version 3 or later; installation with pip requires Python 3.7 or later.