Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Maple is described as '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' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Maple for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Maple alternative is Wolfram Alpha, which is free. Other great apps like Maple are R (programming language), SageMath, Mathematica and Spyder.
Graphical frontend for GNU Octave. Edit formulas in native mathematical notation. Available / tested for Linux x586 / x86_64, WinXP, Vista, and MacOS.




Nerdamer is a small and light-weight symbolic math expression evaluator written in JavaScript. The parsing is done purely in JavaScript and uses no server-side program whatsoever. It can export to a pure JavaScript function, ideal for filtering user input.
Java based and open sourced version of matlab and octave
Getting more and more compatible over time.





Blockpad is spreadsheet software re-imagined for engineering calculations. It's primarily a word processor where you enter formulas that appear in math notation. It also includes units intelligence, spreadsheet tables, sketching, solvers, and more.




Reinteract is a system for interactive experimentation with Python. Reinteract worksheets contain Python code combined with the results of that code, formatted as text or graphical plots. Youu can go back and edit previously entered statements, and the results will update.

Math Notepad is a web based editor, which allows you do do mathematical calculations and plot graphs. It supports real and complex numbers, matrices, and units, and comes with all common math functions built in.




iD3 is an open-source, cross-platform desktop IDE for D3.js development. It's designed to simplify data visualization with D3 and sports a Python based data management system and custom generated attribute controls.


Calculeaf is an online engineering calculation worksheet for unit-aware math, calculation notes, plots, templates, and shareable technical work.



TRTT is a statistical analysis application that opens, edits and saves SPSS .sav and .zsav data files. It runs as a web app in the browser, with all computation done client-side via WebAssembly, and as a native iPhone/iPad app that shares the same analysis engine, so results are...



