Polynote Alternatives

Apps similar to Polynote include Jupyter, which is free and open source. Other options are RStudio, Spyder, IPython and Scilab. IDEs like Polynote are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Jupyter icon
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    The Jupyter Notebook is a web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and explanatory text. Uses include: data cleaning and transformation, numerical simulation, statistical modeling, machine learning and much...

    58 Jupyter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Cloudron
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  2. RStudio icon
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    RStudio™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R.

    59 RStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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    RStudio on Windows
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  3. Spyder icon
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    Combines advanced editing, analysis, debugging, and profiling functionalities with data exploration, execution, and visualization capabilities. Expandable using its powerful plugin system and API, providing flexibility for custom integrations.

    48 Spyder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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  4. IPython icon
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    IPython offers a robust architecture for interactive computing, including dynamic shells, a kernel for Jupyter, interactive visualization, GUI toolkit support, and seamless project embeddings. Targeting high efficiency in parallel computing, it supports Python interactions tailored for Jupyter environments.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  5. Scilab icon
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    Scilab is free and open source software for numerical computation providing a powerful computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions.

    60 Scilab alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Positron icon
     5 likes

    A free, next-generation data science IDE built by Posit PBC. An extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data. A familiar environment for reproducible authoring and publishing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. Livebook icon
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    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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. nteract icon
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    nteract is a desktop application that allows you to develop rich documents that contain prose, executable code (in almost any language!), and images. nteract helps you write your next code-driven story.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Jupyter
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  9. 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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    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
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  10. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  11. Deepnote icon
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    Deepnote is a collaborative data science notebook built for teams that is shareable, Jupyter-compatible, and runs in the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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