Maple Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Maple is Wolfram Alpha, which has a free version. Other popular alternatives are R (programming language), SageMath, Mathematica and Spyder. Calculators like Maple are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and iPhone.

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  1. Yacas icon
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    Yet Another Computer Algebra System. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, symbolic computation and visualization.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. GAP icon
     9 likes

    GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large data libraries of...

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Axiom icon
     9 likes

    Axiom is a general purpose Computer Algebra system. It is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. GiNaC icon
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    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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  5. WIRIS cas icon
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    WIRIS cas is an online platform for mathematical calculations designed for education. You can access a powerful calculation toolbar through an HTML page that includes integrals and limits calculation, function graphing in 2D or 3D and symbolic matrices manipulation, among others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Freemat icon
     18 likes

    FreeMat is an environment for rapid engineering and scientific processing. It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source.

    37 Freemat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  7. MathStudio icon
     8 likes

    MathStudio, formerly SpaceTime, is the most comprehensive math app available for mobile devices. Whether you need a simple calculator to do your finances or a replacement for your TI graphing calculator, MathStudio is the most powerful and versatile calculator available on the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPad
    • iPhone
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  8. FormulaDesk Math is an Excel add-in that brings real symbolic math to Excel. View formulas as equations, plot formulas…instantly. All the tools that engineers and students need every day, now inside Excel.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Excel
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  9. Swift Calcs icon
     17 likes

    The Collaborative Computational Notebook Built for Modern Engineering. Enter math as it appears on paper, get instantaneous results, and share your calculations with colleagues and clients. No special syntax, no software, no headaches, no kidding.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Woxi icon
     1 like

    Wolfram Language / Mathematica reimplementation in Rust.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. MathJournal icon
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    MathJournal is an interactive program for the Tablet PC that provides a natural and intuitive environment for solving mathematical and engineering problems. MathJournal recognizes handwritten mathematical expressions, and then displays a list of relevant solution types to the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. MonteCarlito is a free Excel-add-in to do Monte-Carlo-simulations. Apart from these it can also do statistical analysis like mean, median, standard error, variance, skewness, kurtosis. It can create histograms. The code is open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Excel
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