Jupyter AlternativesTop Jupyter Notebooks and other similar apps like Jupyter

Jupyter is described as 'The Jupyter Notebook is a web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and explanatory text. Uses include: data cleaning and transformation, numerical simulation, statistical modeling, machine learning and much' and is a popular jupyter notebook in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Jupyter for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Jupyter alternative is GNU Octave, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Jupyter are RStudio, Mathematica, SageMath and Spyder.

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  1. GNU Octave icon

    GNU Octave

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    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.

    66 GNU Octave alternatives

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    Octave is not a notebook environment but a programming language.

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    For people coing from Matlab, Octave is a good alternative for free, with of course less toolboxes, but for free

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. GNU Octave is a legitimate Jupyter alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • GNU Octave is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Jupyter.

    • GNU Octave is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Jupyter.

    • GNU Octave is Free and Open SourceJupyter is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Octave is LightweightJupyter is not according to our users
  2. RStudio icon

    RStudio

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    RStudio™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R.

    59 RStudio alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  4. Mathematica icon

    Mathematica

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    Definitive technical computing system spanning machine learning and neural networks, data science, visualizations and much more.

    74 Mathematica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Mathematica is the most popular Web-based alternative to Jupyter.

    • Mathematica is the most popular commercial alternative to Jupyter.

    • Mathematica is Paid and ProprietaryJupyter is Free and Open Source
  5. SageMath icon

    SageMath

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    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.

    63 SageMath alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. Spyder icon

    Spyder

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    Combines advanced editing, analysis, debugging, and profiling functionalities with data exploration, execution, and visualization capabilities. Expandable using its powerful plugin system and API, providing flexibility for custom integrations.

    48 Spyder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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    IPython

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    IPython offers a robust architecture for interactive computing, including dynamic shells, a kernel for Jupyter, interactive visualization, GUI toolkit support, and seamless project embeddings. Targeting high efficiency in parallel computing, it supports Python interactions tailored for Jupyter environments.

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    • Python
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  9. Jupyterlab icon

    Jupyterlab

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    An extensible environment for interactive and reproducible computing, based on the Jupyter Notebook and Architecture. Currently ready for users.

    19 Jupyterlab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Jupyterlab is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Jupyter.

    • Jupyterlab is Free and Open SourceJupyter is also Free and Open Source
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    Zasper

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    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

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    • Mac
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    Scilab

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    Scilab is free and open source software for numerical computation providing a powerful computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions.

    58 Scilab alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    nteract

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    nteract is a desktop application that allows you to develop rich documents that contain prose, executable code (in almost any language!), and images. nteract helps you write your next code-driven story.

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    • Mac
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    • Jupyter
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    nteract is an Electron-based, cross-platform desktop application that uses Jupyter kernels but gives you a richer interface and OS native file-associations, etc.

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    It's almost the same (as jupyter) but has very lightweight app for mac, so i don't have to start any kind of server

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    Uses node.js out of the box and supports python

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    • Almost everyone thinks nteract is a great Jupyter alternative.

    • nteract is Free and Open SourceJupyter is also Free and Open Source
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    Google Colab

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    Colaboratory is a free Jupyter notebook environment that requires no setup and runs entirely in the cloud. With Colaboratory you can write and execute code, save and share your analyses, and access powerful computing resources, all for free from your browser.

    15 Google Colab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    GitNotebooks

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    The best Jupyter Notebook review tool with rich diffs, comment support, Markdown, and a lot more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • GitNotebooks is the most popular SaaS alternative to Jupyter.

    • GitNotebooks is Freemium and ProprietaryJupyter is Free and Open Source
    • GitNotebooks is Privacy focusedJupyter is not according to our users
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