SciPy Alternatives

Apps similar to SciPy include R (programming language), which is free and open source. Other options are MATLAB, SageMath, Julia and Spyder. Numerical Computation Software like SciPy are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and iPad.

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  1. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be consider.

    104 R (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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  2. 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.

    91 MATLAB alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
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  4. 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...

    55 Julia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  5. Spyder icon
     73 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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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.

    60 Scilab alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Python
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  8. fxSolver icon
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    Online math solver, equation editor and database, graphing calculator and science/engineering problem helper.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. python(x,y) icon
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    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. Polars icon
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    Polars is a highly performant DataFrame library for manipulating structured data. The core is written in Rust, but the library is also available in Python. Its key features are:

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Python
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  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. pandas icon
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    Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more.

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