Free Mathematica Alternatives

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. 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)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. 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

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. Free online apps bundle from GeoGebra: get graphing, geometry, algebra, 3D, statistics, probability, all in one tool!

    28 GeoGebra Classic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Online
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Raspberry Pi
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  4. Altair Compose is used to perform a variety of math & linear algebra (including matrix analysis and differential equations), filter signals, fit polynomials through data, approximate or check results from simulation software, perform optimization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Giac/Xcas icon
     9 likes

    Giac/Xcas is a free computer algebra system for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix

    Cost / License

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    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. Livebook icon
     5 likes

    Livebook is a web application for writing interactive and collaborative code notebooks. Code notebooks with Markdown support and Code cells where Elixir code is evaluated on demand.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
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  7.  5 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. OpenAxiom icon
     7 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. python(x,y) icon
     37 likes

    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Axiom icon
     9 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. With Euler Math Toolbox, you experience mathematical computations, numerical as well as symbolic, with ease and beauty.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. GiNaC icon
     4 likes

    GiNaC is a C++ library. It is designed to allow the creation of integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more established areas of computer science (like computation- intense numeric applications, graphical interfaces, etc.) under one roof.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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