Maxima Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Maxima for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Mathematica. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try SageMath or Julia. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Maxima and 12 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Maxima are MATLAB, Maple, wxMaxima and SymPy.

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  1. MATLAB icon
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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.

    87 MATLAB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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    • iPad
     
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    MATLAB vs Maxima Comments
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    Matlab is not a symbolic computation system, just a numerical computation system

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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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).

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • MATLAB is Paid and ProprietaryMaxima is Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    63 SageMath alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Online
     
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    You can use Maxima inside of Maxima, together to many other libraries for symbolic computation

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • SageMath is Free and Open SourceMaxima is also Free and Open Source
    • SageMath is LightweightMaxima is not according to our users
  3. Julia icon
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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...

    52 Julia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Julia is Free and Open SourceMaxima is also Free and Open Source
  4. Maple icon
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  5. wxMaxima icon
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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
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    • Flathub
     
  6. 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.

    38 SymPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Axiom icon
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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

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    • Mac
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  8. Maple Flow is a mathematics tool that makes it easy for engineers to brainstorm, develop, and document their design calculations. It combines a simple, freeform interface with a comprehensive math engine and provides a whiteboard-style environment that automatically keeps...

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    • Paid
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  9. MathStudio icon
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    MathStudio, formerly SpaceTime, is the most comprehensive math app available for mobile devices. Whether you need a simple calculator to do your finances or a replacement for your TI graphing calculator, MathStudio is the most powerful and versatile calculator available on the...

    53 MathStudio alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. Xcos icon
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    Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.

    101 Xcos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Ascend icon
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    Open-source software for mathematical modeling, nonlinear equations, and optimization problems, supporting dynamic systems and large-scale models, with both command-line and graphical interfaces, specialized modeling language, and advanced solver architecture.

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