GNU Octave Alternatives

GNU Octave is described as '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' and is a very popular numerical computation software in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GNU Octave for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best GNU Octave alternative is R (programming language), which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Octave are Jupyter, MATLAB, Mathematica and SageMath.

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  1. Derive icon
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    Derive 6.1: Powerful system for doing symbolic and numeric mathematics. This application is no longer available or supported.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Forscape icon
     1 like

    Designed for scientific computation, this language and editor provides low-cost abstraction and safety checks, focusing on matrix operations with syntax parity to scientific papers. It offers math rendering, real-time dimension checks, and intuitive user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. see the graph of a function.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Mirai Math icon
     9 likes

    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
     
  5.  5 likes

    FriCAS is an advanced computer algebra system. Its capabilities range from calculus (integration and differentiation) to abstract algebra. It can plot functions and has integrated help system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. VisSim icon
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    VisSim™ is a visual language for modeling and simulating nonlinear dynamic systems. With 9 integration methods, 4 optimization methods and over 200 vector and scalar block functions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Addi icon
     7 likes

    Java based and open sourced version of matlab and octave

    Getting more and more compatible over time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. GiNaC icon
     4 likes

    GiNaC is a C++ library. It is designed to allow the creation of integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more established areas of computer science (like computation- intense numeric applications, graphical interfaces, etc.) under one roof.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9.  3 likes

    Z3 is a theorem prover from Microsoft Research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • WebAssembly
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • C++
    • Java
     
  10. MathJournal icon
     2 likes

    MathJournal is an interactive program for the Tablet PC that provides a natural and intuitive environment for solving mathematical and engineering problems. MathJournal recognizes handwritten mathematical expressions, and then displays a list of relevant solution types to the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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