Installation
The TextVariant Explorer is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Official Binaries
Currently, official binaries are distributed exclusively via GitHub. You can always get the latest release from the following link:
Example Data Set
Download the example data set from Zenodo. It corresponds to Version 4 of the data set “A Corpus of Biblical Names in the Greek New Testament to Study the Additions, Omissions, and Variations across Different Manuscripts.” To import it, use GreekVariant4.json, available on GitHub (for more information, see Data Import).
Additionally, a plugin for this data set can be downloaded from the official release page (demo.jar). Both plugins and data sets can be loaded directly within the application, as documented here.
Using Embeddings Models on the GPU
By default, the application runs embedding models for semantic queries on the CPU, which may result in longer loading times depending on the model, data size, and hardware. GPU acceleration generally reduces these loading times. Below is a list of supported platforms for GPU acceleration:
NVIDIA
GPU acceleration supported using CUDA. Requires CUDA 12.x and cuDNN 9.x installed. Available on Linux and Windows. For installation, see CUDA Installation Guide and Installing cuDNN Backend.
AMD
Currently not supported, but planned.
Apple
Not supported, no plans soon.