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. Ardos icon
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    Discover Erdos, the secure AI-native IDE that pairs Jupyter notebooks with an embedded assistant to edit code, surface documentation, and accelerate analysis.

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    • Since 2025

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. WIRIS cas icon
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    WIRIS cas is an online platform for mathematical calculations designed for education. You can access a powerful calculation toolbar through an HTML page that includes integrals and limits calculation, function graphing in 2D or 3D and symbolic matrices manipulation, among others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Freemat icon
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    FreeMat is an environment for rapid engineering and scientific processing. It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. Collimator icon
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    Collimator is a modeling and simulation platform for engineers to design and test complex, mission critical systems in a way that is reliable, secure, fast and intuitive.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Grapher icon
     12 likes

    With Grapher, you can graph equations and data sets and visualize the results on your Mac in real time. Grapher displays algebraic relations, both implicit and explicit, in 2D and 3D. You can use a variety of coordinate systems and choose from a wide array of mathematical...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Xcos icon
     17 likes

    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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  7. Cymath icon
     12 likes

    Free Step-By-Step Solutions to algebra problems.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  8. Swift Calcs icon
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    Engineering calculations with units, in your browser. Write math as on paper, every value carries its unit, and changing an input updates every result.

    53 Swift Calcs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9.  3 likes

    Z3 is a theorem prover from Microsoft Research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Java
    • C++
    • WebAssembly
    • C (programming language)
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  10. ANKHOR is a revolutionary platform for in-memory processing of data from diverse sources and in variable data formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Chapel icon
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    Chapel is a programming language designed for productive parallel computing at scale.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Singular icon
     6 likes

    Singular is an open source computer algebra system for polynomial computations, with special emphasis on commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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