Open Source R (programming language) AlternativesTop Programming Languages & Statistical Analyzers like R (programming language)

The best open source alternative to R (programming language) is Python. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to R (programming language) and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to R (programming language) are GNU Octave, Julia, SageMath and SciPy.

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  1. Python icon
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    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.

    96 Python alternatives

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    • Symbian S60
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    • AROS
    • Haiku
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  2. GNU Octave icon
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    Octave is a computer program for performing numerical computations which is mostly compatible with MATLAB . It is part of the GNU Project. It is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

    66 GNU Octave alternatives

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  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...

    51 Julia alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Looks like Python Runs like C

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    R is more concise. It has the powerful and versatile tidyverse dialect with functionality that is apparently impossible to reproduce in Julia without excessive typing.

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    • Julia is Free and Open SourceR (programming language) is also Free and Open Source
  4. 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

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    • Free
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    • Online
     
  5. 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

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  6. 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.

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. PSPP icon
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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.

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  8. JASP icon
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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.

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  9. Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language with a powerful macro system that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency.

    93 Nim (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
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  10. 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...

    52 NumPy alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Python
     
  11. jamovi icon
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    jamovi is a free and open statistical platform which is intuitive to use, and can provide the latest developments in statistics.

    18 jamovi alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Flathub
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  12. KNIME icon
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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

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