Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tectonics FP is described as 'Software for geologists to manipulate and display brittle tectonics data' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Tectonics FP for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Tectonics FP alternative is OpenStereo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tectonics FP are InnStereo, GEOrient, OpenPlot and Stereonet 9.
InnStereo is a stereographic projection program (or stereonet program) that produces print-ready plots. It is aimed at students and professionals in geology, structural geology, and engineering. The plots are rendered using matplotlib, which ensures that the plots are of high...

Orient is for plotting and analyzing orientation data - data that can be described by an axis or a direction in space or, equivalently, by a position on a sphere or circle. Examples of orientation data include: geologic bedding and cleavage planes, fold axes, faults and fault...
