Free Mathematica AlternativesNumerical Computation Software and other similar apps like Mathematica

The best free alternative to Mathematica is R (programming language), 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 are free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Mathematica are Jupyter, SageMath, GNU Octave and Julia.

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  1. 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.

    103 R (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. Jupyter icon
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    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...

    58 Jupyter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2016

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Cloudron
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  3. SageMath icon
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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.

    66 SageMath alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  4. GNU Octave icon
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    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.

    69 GNU Octave alternatives

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    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Android
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  5. Julia icon
     69 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...

    55 Julia alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Since 2014

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. Spyder icon
     73 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)

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. Maxima icon
     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.

    34 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Scilab icon
     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.

    60 Scilab alternatives

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    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. 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)

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    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • openSUSE
    • Online
    • NetBSD
    • OpenSolaris
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  10. wxMaxima icon
     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.

    43 wxMaxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  11. fxSolver icon
     61 likes

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

    164 fxSolver alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. 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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