Carbide Alternatives

Carbide is described as 'New kind of programming environment that uses a notebook format with live coding features to facilitate development and debugging' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Carbide, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Carbide alternative is µCalc, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Carbide are Calculist, Blabr, Observable Notebooks and Kajero.

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  1. µCalc icon
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    µCalc (mucalc) is a multi-user math web app. The math syntax is parsed in the browser by math.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
    • µCalc is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Carbide.

    • µCalc is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Carbide.

    • µCalc is Free and Open SourceCarbide is Free and Proprietary
  2. Calculist icon
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    Calculist is an open source application that facilitates effective thinking. Write down your thoughts, ideas, and data in the form of lists. Focus your attention by zooming in to a specific list, and zoom out to see the broader context.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Blabr icon
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    Interactive tables, sliders, plots and more. Scientific computing in the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Observable is a better way to code. Discover insights faster and communicate more effectively with interactive notebooks for data analysis, visualization, and exploration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Kajero icon
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    Kajero is designed to make it really easy for anyone to create good-looking, responsive, interactive documents. Somewhat like Jupyter / iPython notebooks, but for JavaScript!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Kajero is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Carbide.

    • Kajero is Free and Open SourceCarbide is Free and Proprietary
  6. iodide icon
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    Iodide is a notebook programming environment for the web. Users can make use of JavaScript, Markdown, CSS and external resources to communicate ideas comfortably and efficiently through a minimalist notebook interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Starboard icon
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    Starboard brings cell-by-cell notebooks to the browser, no code is running on the backend! It's probably the quickest way to visualize some data with interactivity, do some prototyping, or build a rudimentary dashboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. ReactiveDoc icon
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    Create Interactive Documents with Plain Text.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ReactiveDoc is the most popular SaaS alternative to Carbide.

    • ReactiveDoc is Freemium and Open SourceCarbide is Free and Proprietary
  9. Eve icon
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    Eve is a programming language and IDE that focuses on the human programmer rather than the machine. It uses a unique, document approach where programs look like documents with embedded code. Rather than comments, the programmer describes the code by way of structured text that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. PondPilot icon
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    A blazing-fast, lightweight, 100% client-side AI-enabled data exploration tool that helps you analyze local & remote data with zero setup. Powered by DuckDB-Wasm and integrated AI assistance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  11. Hyperdeck icon
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    Hyperdeck is a notebook environment for front-end programming, making it easy to analyze data, run code, and write documents using standard web technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Bl.ocks icon
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    Bl.ocks (pronounced “Blocks”) is a simple viewer for sharing code examples hosted on GitHub Gist. For example, if your Gist URL is: https://gist.github.com/mbostock/1353700

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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