Maxima Alternatives

Maxima is described as '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' and is a popular app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Maxima for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Maxima alternative is MATLAB. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try SageMath or Julia. Other great apps like Maxima are Mathematica, Maple, wxMaxima and fxSolver.

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  1. MATLAB icon

    MATLAB

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    High-level environment supporting numerical computation, visualization, matrix operations, algorithm development, custom interfaces, integration with external languages, symbolic and model-based simulation, and specialized toolboxes for fields like engineering.

    86 MATLAB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Matlab is not a symbolic computation system, just a numerical computation system

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    Matlab is not a computer algebra system. If you want an alternative to Maxima, at least that alternative has to be a computer algebra system (CAS).

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    • Some users think MATLAB is a great Maxima alternative, some don't.

    • MATLAB is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Maxima.

    • MATLAB is the most popular commercial alternative to Maxima.

    • MATLAB is Paid and ProprietaryMaxima is Free and Open Source
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    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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    You can use Maxima inside of Maxima, together to many other libraries for symbolic computation

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    • SageMath is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Maxima.

    • SageMath is Free and Open SourceMaxima is also Free and Open Source
    • SageMath is LightweightMaxima is not according to our users
  5. Julia icon

    Julia

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    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Julia is a programming language oriented to numerical computation, but maxima is a program oriented to symbolic computation, what is a very different thing

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    • Julia is Free and Open SourceMaxima is also Free and Open Source
  6. Maple icon

    Maple

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    Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, as well as symbolic computation and...

    50 Maple alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    wxMaxima

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    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
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  9. fxSolver icon

    fxSolver

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

    149 fxSolver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Solver page
     
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    SymPy

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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.

    38 SymPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. PTC Mathcad icon

    PTC Mathcad

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    Engineering calculation software developed by PTC Inc., designed to perform and share complex calculations. Drives innovation and productivity in product development, allows for easy data analysis and sharing. Integration with CAD and supports custom functions.

    40 PTC Mathcad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Splash screen
     
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    Calcpad

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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.

    44 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Design of RC column
     
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    Axiom

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    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.

    39 Axiom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Matrix within a Matrix
     
  14. NumeRe icon

    NumeRe

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    Open source framework for numerical computations and advanced statistical analysis, featuring nonlinear curve fitting, ODE solving, 1D/2D publication-quality visualization, Fourier and wavelet transforms, intuitive syntax, and namespace-based code organization for research.

    74 NumeRe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    Default view of a session in NumeRe with an exemplary plot. The GUI is available in German and English
     
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