Derive Alternatives for Mac

Derive is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is GNU Octave, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Derive and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Derive are MATLAB, GeoGebra, Mathematica and SageMath.

Derive alternatives are mainly Programming Languages but may also be Calculators or Statistical Analyzers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Derive.

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GNU Octave
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66 GNU Octave alternatives
Octave is a computer program for performing numerical computations which is mostly compatible with MATLAB . It is part of the GNU Project. It is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
- - GNU Octave is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Derive.
- - GNU Octave is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Derive.
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1. Support for scriptingGNU Octave supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Graphing calculator
Curve fitting
ANOVA test
MATLAB
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84 MATLAB alternatives
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and programming language. Maintained by The MathWorks, MATLAB allows easy matrix manipulation, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs in other languages.
- - MATLAB is the most popular Web-based, iPhone & iPad alternative to Derive.
- - MATLAB is the most popular commercial alternative to Derive.
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1. PortableMATLAB can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Simulink
Batch plotting
Embedded debugger
GeoGebra
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33 GeoGebra alternatives
GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for learning and teaching. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA.
- - GeoGebra is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Derive.
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GeoGebra Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in GeoGebra without registration.
Graphing calculator
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LaTeX Equations
CAS
Mathematica
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79 Mathematica alternatives
Mathematica is a computational software program used widely in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing.
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Symbolic Computation
Calculus solving
Equation solving
Constructive geometry
Graphing calculator
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Graphical component
SageMath
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59 SageMath alternatives
SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more.
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SageMath Features
1. Currency ConversionSageMath lets you convert different currencies based on the latest exchange rates.
2. Ad-freeSageMath doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. PortableSageMath can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Calculus solving
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Scilab
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56 Scilab alternatives
Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab is an open source software and includes hundreds of mathematical functions with the possibility to add...
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SciPy & Numpy
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45 SciPy & Numpy alternatives
SciPy (pronounced "Sigh Pie") is open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering. It is also the name of a very popular conference on scientific programming with Python. The SciPy library depends on NumPy, which provides convenient and fast N-dimensional...
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Maxima
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32 Maxima alternatives
Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, and sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors.
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wxMaxima
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40 wxMaxima alternatives
wxMaxima is a document based interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. wxMaxima uses wxWidgets and runs natively on Windows, X11 and Mac OS X. wxMaxima provides menus and dialogs for many common maxima commands, autocompletion, inline plots and simple animations.
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Whilst wxMaxima is not as powerful nor as thorough as some of the other systems, it is very simple to use, and is perhaps the most similar in syntax to the derive library.
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Orange
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16 Orange alternatives
Orange is an open-source, cross-platform data mining and machine learning suite. It features visual programming as intuitive means of combining data analysis and interactive visualization methods into powerful workflows.
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1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsOrange can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Visual Programming
Data science
Graphical User Interface
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Data Mining
Python-based
Text Analytics
Flow diagram visualisation
Maple
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52 Maple alternatives
Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, as well as symbolic computation and...
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Graphing calculator
Mechanical Simulation
CAS
OpenModelica
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43 OpenModelica alternatives
OpenModelica – A Free Modelica Environment! OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Its long-term development is supported by a non-profit organization – the Open Source Modelica Consortium (OS.
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