GNU Octave Alternatives

Apps similar to GNU Octave include R (programming language), which is free and open source. Other options are Jupyter, MATLAB, Mathematica and SageMath. There's no shortage of Numerical Computation Software like GNU Octave, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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  1. Derive icon
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    Derive 6.1: Powerful system for doing symbolic and numeric mathematics. This application is no longer available or supported.

    66 Derive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. At GitHub, we’re building the text editor we’ve always wanted: hackable to the core, but approachable on the first day without ever touching a config file. We can’t wait to see what you build with it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Atom
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  3. Mirai Math icon
     9 likes

    Graphical frontend for GNU Octave. Edit formulas in native mathematical notation. Available / tested for Linux x586 / x86_64, WinXP, Vista, and MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Forscape icon
     1 like

    Designed for scientific computation, this language and editor provides low-cost abstraction and safety checks, focusing on matrix operations with syntax parity to scientific papers. It offers math rendering, real-time dimension checks, and intuitive user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5.  5 likes

    FriCAS is an advanced computer algebra system. Its capabilities range from calculus (integration and differentiation) to abstract algebra. It can plot functions and has integrated help system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. AutoPlot icon
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    This macOS-native scientific workspace enables importing tabular datasets, creating X&Y plots, 3D plots, histograms, heat maps, and correlation charts, with seamless editing, pixel-perfect annotations, vector export, raw data privacy, and optional hosted assistant.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. VisSim icon
     1 like

    VisSim™ is a visual language for modeling and simulating nonlinear dynamic systems. With 9 integration methods, 4 optimization methods and over 200 vector and scalar block functions.

    23 VisSim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Powerful computer software with a Computer Algebra System (CAS) that satisfies maths and science curriculum needs from middle school through college.

    4 TI-Nspire CX CAS Student Software alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. Addi icon
     7 likes

    Java based and open sourced version of matlab and octave

    Getting more and more compatible over time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  10. GiNaC icon
     4 likes

    GiNaC is a C++ library. It is designed to allow the creation of integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more established areas of computer science (like computation- intense numeric applications, graphical interfaces, etc.) under one roof.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11.  3 likes

    Z3 is a theorem prover from Microsoft Research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • WebAssembly
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • C++
    • Java
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