PyDSTool Alternatives

PyDSTool is described as 'Sophisticated & integrated simulation and analysis environment for dynamical systems models of physical systems (ODEs, DAEs, maps, and hybrid systems)' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to PyDSTool for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Python and BSD apps. The best PyDSTool alternative is MATLAB. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Spyder or SciPy. Other great apps like PyDSTool are NumPy, PTC Creo, COMSOL Multiphysics and FEATool Multiphysics.

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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.

    86 MATLAB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • MATLAB is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to PyDSTool.

    • MATLAB is the most popular commercial alternative to PyDSTool.

    • MATLAB is Paid and ProprietaryPyDSTool is Free and Open Source
  2. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
     
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    Spyder is a general purpose IDE and PyDSTool is a scientific library, so they are very different.

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    • Spyder is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PyDSTool.

    • Spyder is Free and Open SourcePyDSTool is also Free and Open Source
    • Spyder is Privacy focusedPyDSTool is not according to our users
  3. SciPy icon
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    SciPy is a collection of mathematical algorithms and convenience functions built on NumPy. It adds significant power to Python by providing the user with high-level commands and classes for manipulating and visualizing data.

    48 SciPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  4. NumPy icon
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    NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing in Python. It is a Python library that provides a multidimensional array object, various derived objects (such as masked arrays and matrices), and an assortment of routines for fast operations on arrays, including...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  5. PTC Creo icon
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    With Creo Parametric, and its extensions, you can create, analyze, view, and share designs downstream using 2D CAD, 3D CAD, and parametric and direct modeling capabilities.

    82 PTC Creo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    FEATool is a fully integrated multiphysics modeling and engineering simulation environment for Matlab and Octave, featuring built-in CAD and geometry tools, preprocessing and grid generation, solvers, and postprocessing and visualization.

    40 FEATool Multiphysics alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GNU Octave
    • MATLAB
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  8. 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.

    97 Xcos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. OpenModelica icon
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    OpenModelica – A Free Modelica Environment! OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Its long-term development is supported by a non-profit organization – the Open Source Modelica Consortium (OS.

    48 OpenModelica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  10. DataSpell icon
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    JetBrains DataSpell is an IDE for data science with intelligent Jupyter notebooks, interactive Python scripts, and lots of other built-in tools.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Mirai Math icon
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    Graphical frontend for GNU Octave. Edit formulas in native mathematical notation. Available / tested for Linux x586 / x86_64, WinXP, Vista, and MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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