Potato
Version 2.0 Now Available

From zero to annotating in minutes

Potato is a lightweight, configuration-first annotation platform with AI-powered features, multimedia support, and active learning.

Open Source
No Coding Required
AI-Powered

Everything you need for annotation

Powerful features designed for researchers and teams.

8 Annotation Types

Radio, multiselect, likert, span, text, number, slider, and multirate annotations out of the box.

AI-Powered (2.0)

LLM integration with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini for intelligent hints, keyword highlighting, and label suggestions.

Multimedia Support

Annotate audio with waveforms, images with bounding boxes and polygons, and video with playback controls.

Active Learning

Uncertainty-based sampling prioritizes annotation on the most valuable examples, maximizing efficiency.

Zero Code Setup

Configure everything in YAML. No programming required to create sophisticated annotation interfaces.

Any Workforce

Use your own team locally, or integrate with Prolific and MTurk. Keep sensitive data in-house.

Built for every domain

Text, images, audio, or video — Potato has you covered.

Natural Language Processing

Sentiment, NER, classification

Computer Vision

Bounding boxes, polygons

Audio & Speech

Waveforms, transcription

Conversational AI

Dialogue, response eval

Multimodal

Text, image, audio combined

357+
GitHub Stars
HCOMP 2024
Best Demo Award
UMich
Research Backed
“Potato has transformed how our lab handles annotation projects. We went from spending weeks on infrastructure to deploying new tasks in minutes.”
Research Team, University of Michigan

Get started in 4 steps

From installation to annotation in minutes.

terminal
1.
pip install potato-annotation# Install Potato
2.
# Create your config.yaml# Configure your task
3.
potato start config.yaml# Launch the server
4.
# Open localhost:8000# Start annotating!

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Explore 80+ ready-to-use annotation configurations from the community.

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