ELAN Download Mirror

Page updated: June 7, 2023.

Welcome to the ELAN download mirror. This mirror is served through a globally distributed content delivery network and files are cached directly from the official ELAN file repository.

• Release notes
• Official ELAN website

By downloading and using ELAN you agree to cite ELAN in any publication based on research in which ELAN has been used. You can cite a paper or cite as software, e.g. as follows: "ELAN (Version 6.5) [Computer software]. (2023). Nijmegen: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Retrieved from https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan"

Windows

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Installer (.exe [a Setup wizard with options] and .msi [silent installation for all users]) and portable, unpack-and-run (.zip) versions all include a Java 20 runtime. Requires: 64-bit, Windows 10, 8, Vista, 7(? not tested anymore)

• ELAN 6.5 (.exe) (.zip)
• Simple-ELAN 1.4 (.exe)

MacOS

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.zip and .dmg files containing a .app which includes a Java 20 runtime. The M1 version only works on Apple silicon Macs. Requires: 64-bit, macOS High Sierra (10.13) or higher

• ELAN 6.5 (.zip) (.dmg)
• Simple-ELAN 1.4 (.zip)

Linux

Download

Archive files (.tar.gz) or Debian installers (.deb), all including a Java 20 runtime. Requires: 64-bit, tested on Ubuntu 20.04

• ELAN 6.5 (.tar.gz) (.deb)
• Simple-ELAN 1.4 (.tar.gz) (.deb)

Source code

Archive containing the source files and a Maven build script. Requires: Maven 3.3 or >, OpenJDK 14 or >

Download

• ELAN 6.5 (.zip) (GNU Public License)
• The LEXAN API source code (extension mechanism for NLP/text processing)
• The Audio Recognizer API and demo package
• (Preliminary) Lexicon extension "API" demo package.

Release notes.

Previous versions

List of previous versions.

Documentation

• User Guide: (PDF) (Online)
• Full manual: (PDF) (Online)
• How-to Guide (PDF)
• A4 Guide (PDF)
• Overview page of the keyboard mappings of the extended IPA input method.

Examples

Example set

• Annotation
• Video
• Audio
• Complete example set in a single zip file

Sign language examples

• Annotation
• Video 1
• Video 2
• Complete example set in a single zip file

ELAN is © Copyright LAT 2021. This download mirror is not affiliated with Language Archiving Technology (LAT).