PTC Mathcad Alternatives for Linux

PTC Mathcad is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Mathematica. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Maxima or Numbat. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PTC Mathcad and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to PTC Mathcad are Maple, wxMaxima, SMath Studio and Calcpad.

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

    79 Mathematica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. 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.

    34 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. Numbat icon
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    High precision scientific calculator with full support for physical units (web and terminal versions).

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    • Since 2017

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Maple icon
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    Maple is a 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...

    53 Maple alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. 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.

    43 wxMaxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  6. SMath Studio icon
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    SMath Studio is a math program with 'paper'-like interface and numerous computing features. It has an ability to work with systems, matrices, vectors, complex numbers, infinities and fractions. SMath Studio includes integrated mathematical reference book.

    26 SMath Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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  7. 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.

    55 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  8. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    120 Wolfram Language alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • openSUSE
    • Online
    • NetBSD
    • OpenSolaris
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  9. 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.

    41 SymPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Mathics icon
     6 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. Ascend icon
     8 likes

    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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    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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