Open Source PTC Mathcad Alternatives

The best open source alternative to PTC Mathcad is Maxima. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PTC Mathcad and 19 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PTC Mathcad are wxMaxima, Calcpad, EngineeringPaper.xyz and Mathics.

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  1. Maxima icon
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    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.

    31 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Maxima is the most popular Open Source alternative to PTC Mathcad.

    • Maxima is Free and Open SourcePTC Mathcad is Paid and Proprietary
  2. wxMaxima icon
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    wxMaxima is a document based interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. wxMaxima provides menus and dialogs for many common maxima commands, autocompletion, inline plots and simple animations.

    41 wxMaxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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  3. Calcpad icon
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    Calcpad is a lightweight mathematical platform for cloud and desktop. It parses simple text scripts and converts them into professional Html reports. Supports complex numbers, variables, functions, graphing, units and numerical methods.

    45 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Comments about Calcpad as an Alternative to PTC Mathcad
    Nedelcho Ganchovski
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    It supports units of measurement, vectors and matrices, but is ligthweight, free and open source.

    Guest
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    Very easy syntax to tap on, thus making it very convenient to do engineering calculation with units,function,plot and substitution. In a word, almost a perfect alternative for Calcpad.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Calcpad is a great PTC Mathcad alternative.

    • Calcpad is Free and Open SourcePTC Mathcad is Paid and Proprietary
    • Calcpad is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPTC Mathcad is not according to our users
  4. Mathics icon
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    Mathics is a general purpose computer algebra system (CAS) and designed to be a free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica. It's programmable using a Mathematica like language and uses a web interface for user interaction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. SymPy icon
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    SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. The stated goals of the library are to become a full-featured computer algebra system and to keep a simple code base to promote extensibility and comprehensibility.

    38 SymPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Xcos icon
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    Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.

    98 Xcos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Ascend icon
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    Open-source software for mathematical modeling, nonlinear equations, and optimization problems, supporting dynamic systems and large-scale models, with both command-line and graphical interfaces, specialized modeling language, and advanced solver architecture.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. OpenAxiom icon
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    OpenAxiom, fork of Axiom , is an open source platform for symbolic, algebraic, and numerical computations. It offers an interactive environment, an expressive programming language, a compiler, a large set of mathematical libraries of interest...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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
     
  10. Axiom icon
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    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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    Cadabra is a computer algebra system (CAS) designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor computer algebra, tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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