The Best Free Mathematica AlternativesTop Numerical Computation Software and other similar apps like Mathematica

The best free alternative to Mathematica is SageMath, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Mathematica and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Mathematica are R (programming language), GNU Octave, Maxima and Jupyter.

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  1. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Dynamically visualize effects of of parameters on calculations with Interact
     
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    Comments about SageMath as an Alternative to Mathematica
    vfrico
    Positive
    3

    Sage supports symbolic maths through Maxima

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    It can calculate many things symbolically and combines many other software packages.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Its free and sounds capable

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • SageMath is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
    • SageMath is LightweightMathematica is not according to our users
  2. R (programming language) icon

    R (programming language)

     225 likes

    R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be consider.

    96 R (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
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    Comments about R (programming language) as an Alternative to Mathematica
    Guest
    Negative
    -3

    R is really only useful for statistics, and not even mathematical statistics.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    R (programming language) icon
    R (programming language) icon
    • R (programming language) is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
    • R (programming language) is Customizable and LightweightMathematica is not according to our users
  4. GNU Octave icon

    GNU Octave

     220 likes

    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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    • Android
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    Comments about GNU Octave as an Alternative to Mathematica
    Guest
    Negative
    -3

    Octave needs programming language skills, it doesn't support well symbolic math.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    GNU Octave icon
    • GNU Octave is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
    • GNU Octave is LightweightMathematica is not according to our users
  5. Maxima icon

    Maxima

     75 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Xmaxima interface running Maxima 5.28
     
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    Comments about Maxima as an Alternative to Mathematica
    Guest
    Positive
    4

    It's free. It is also smaller, so starts up fast. Runs on Android devices as well. Lot's of functionality, including symbolic and numerical operations. Symbolic operations are not as extensive as Mathematica, but adequate for many operations. Numeric operations are considerably slower than Mathematica, and numerically oriented apps such as R, Matlab or Octave.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    I'm a theoretical physicist and I can do almost al the math I need with Mxima

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    vfrico
    Positive
    -2

    It does support Symbolic math, but Matlab or Octave not

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    • Maxima is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Jupyter icon

    Jupyter

     94 likes

    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...

    55 Jupyter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Cloudron
    The Jupyter Notebook is an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and narrative text. Uses include: data cleaning and transformation, numerical simulation, statistical modeling, data visualization, machine learning, and much more.
     
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    Comments about Jupyter as an Alternative to Mathematica
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It can run python inline and do markup work all in one system. Can be worked via network and connected to via browser (including through phone) and set up to run distributed computing systems easily. Additionally it's open source and server side runs on most major operating systems.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Jupyter is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Julia icon

    Julia

     67 likes

    Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an...

    51 Julia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Comments about Julia as an Alternative to Mathematica
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    Positive
    -1

    It's an easy, powerful, really fast language which feels like a mix of Python and Ruby but runs like C. It comes with many mathematical functions, has a good stack of libraries for graphs (including Matplotlib as PyPlot) and can be used with the Jupyter Notebook. Still not at version 1.0, but already a great tool!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Julia icon
    Julia icon
    • Julia is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Spyder icon

    Spyder

     71 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Spyder as an Alternative to Mathematica
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    It is a development environment for Python, not a symbolic math language/software.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Spyder is Free and Open SourceMathematica is Paid and Proprietary
    • Spyder is Privacy focusedMathematica is not according to our users
  10. Scilab icon

    Scilab

     105 likes

    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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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    fxSolver

     60 likes

    Online math solver, equation editor and database, graphing calculator and science/engineering problem helper.

    151 fxSolver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    Solver page
     
  12. Wolfram Language icon

    Wolfram Language

     5 likes

    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...

    119 Wolfram Language alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  13. wxMaxima icon

    wxMaxima

     52 likes

    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

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  14. SymPy icon

    SymPy

     31 likes

    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
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