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. CADWOLF icon
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    CADWOLF is a web based collaborative engineering platform. Create documents with equations, plots, loops, etc. Direct link to CAD models with systems to build structures in part trees. All you need is a web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. Woxi icon
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    Wolfram Language / Mathematica reimplementation in Rust.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  3. GeoGebra Discovery is an experimental version of GeoGebra. It contains some bleeding edge features of GeoGebra that are under heavy development and therefore not intended for every day use yet, so they are not included in the official GeoGebra version.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
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  4. GAP icon
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    GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large data libraries of...

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    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. RunMat icon
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    RunMat is an open-source, GPU-accelerated runtime for MATLAB-syntax code. Engineers bring their existing .m files and run them — most work unmodified.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. CloudStat icon
     2 likes

    CloudStat is the cloud environment for building statistical applications collaboratively.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. nerdamer icon
     3 likes

    Nerdamer is a small and light-weight symbolic math expression evaluator written in JavaScript. The parsing is done purely in JavaScript and uses no server-side program whatsoever. It can export to a pure JavaScript function, ideal for filtering user input.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Node.JS
    • npm
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  8. AutoPlot icon
     2 likes

    This macOS-native scientific workspace enables importing tabular datasets, creating X&Y plots, 3D plots, histograms, heat maps, and correlation charts, with seamless editing, pixel-perfect annotations, vector export, raw data privacy, and optional hosted assistant.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. NoteCalc icon
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    NoteCalc is a handy calculator trying to bring the advantages of Soulver to the web.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10.  7 likes

    Cadabra is a computer algebra system (CAS) designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor computer algebra, tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting...

    24 Cadabra alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. KAlgebra icon
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    KAlgebra is a mathematical graph calculator included in the KDE education package. While it is based on the MathML content markup language, knowledge of MathML is not required for use. The calculator includes numerical, logical, symbolic, and analytical functions, and can plot...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. Reinteract icon
     4 likes

    Reinteract is a system for interactive experimentation with Python. Reinteract worksheets contain Python code combined with the results of that code, formatted as text or graphical plots. Youu can go back and edit previously entered statements, and the results will update.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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