Positron Alternatives

Positron is described as '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' and is a IDE in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Positron for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Positron alternative is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Microsoft Visual Studio or Jupyter. Other great apps like Positron are RStudio, Spyder, PSPP and JASP.

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  1. Microsoft Visual Studio icon

    Microsoft Visual Studio

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    Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building diverse digital solutions. It supports over 36 programming languages, includes a code editor with IntelliSense, a debugger, and designers for GUI, web, and databases. The Community edition is free and integrates with GitHub Copilot.

    109 Microsoft Visual Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • .NET Framework
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    • Microsoft Visual Studio is the most popular Web-based & Windows alternative to Positron.

    • Microsoft Visual Studio is the most popular free alternative to Positron.

    • Microsoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and ProprietaryPositron is Free and Open Source
  2. Jupyter icon

    Jupyter

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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...

    55 Jupyter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Cloudron
    The Jupyter Notebook is an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and narrative text. Uses include: data cleaning and transformation, numerical simulation, statistical modeling, data visualization, machine learning, and much more.
     

    • Jupyter is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Positron.

    • Jupyter is the most popular Open Source alternative to Positron.

    • Jupyter is Free and Open SourcePositron is also 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
     
  5. RStudio icon

    RStudio

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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
    RStudio on Windows
     
  6. Spyder icon

    Spyder

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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  7. PSPP icon

    PSPP

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    PSPP is a free software application for analysis of sampled data. It has a graphical user interface and conventional command line interface. It is written in C, uses GNU Scientific Library for its mathematical routines, and plotutils for generating graphs.

    38 PSPP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. JASP icon

    JASP

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    JASP is a free and open-source graphical program for statistical analysis supported by the University of Amsterdam. It is designed to be easy to use, and familiar to users of SPSS. It offers standard analysis procedures in both their classical and Bayesian form.

    28 JASP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Livebook icon

    Livebook

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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.

    51 Livebook alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Livebook is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Positron.

    • Livebook is Free and Open SourcePositron is also Free and Open Source
  11. Wolfram Language icon

    Wolfram Language

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    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...

    118 Wolfram Language alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    IBM SPSS Statistics

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    The IBM SPSS software platform offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine-learning algorithms, text analysis, open-source extensibility, integration with big data and seamless deployment into applications.

    65 IBM SPSS Statistics alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • IBM SPSS Statistics is the most popular commercial alternative to Positron.

    • IBM SPSS Statistics is Paid and ProprietaryPositron is Free and Open Source
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    Minitab

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    Minitab is a comprehensive statistical software package designed for analyzing data in Lean Six Sigma and statistics education, offering tools for quality and process improvement, making it ideal for various educational and professional uses.

    59 Minitab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Basic Statistics
     
  14. KNIME icon

    KNIME

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    Knime is a java open-source, cross-platform application which name means "Konstanz Information Miner". It is actually used extensively for data mining, data analysis and optimization. It can be downloaded as the core application itself(Knime Desktop), or the whole SDK...

    28 KNIME alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    Knime on MAC OSX
     
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