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Mathematica Alternatives

The cluster focuses on discussions of open-source alternatives to Wolfram Mathematica, such as Mathics, SymPy, and SageMath, with comparisons of their symbolic math capabilities, usability, and features.

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e.g IMHO FOSS MATLAB CSV mathics.org WA SymPy sagemath.org IMO mathematica wolfram alpha symbolic math python language research algebra software

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tempodox • Nov 12, 2025 • View on HN

Have you tried mathics?https://mathics.org

BoorishBears • Apr 21, 2023 • View on HN

Most obvious one is Wolfram, it passes most math to Wolfram

Y_Y • Dec 6, 2025 • View on HN

Here's a 10% clone of Mathematica - https://mathics.org/

orangea • Jan 14, 2024 • View on HN

IMO symbolic math is Mathematica's strength and I wouldn't recommend it unless you are using it for that.

amw-zero • Jun 14, 2020 • View on HN

How does it compare to Mathematica?

vasili111 • Aug 29, 2018 • View on HN

How good is symbolic math in comparison to Mathematica?

jessriedel • May 21, 2016 • View on HN

Are there good comparisons to Mathematica?

smhinsey • May 9, 2009 • View on HN

It seems like you're asking for something like what Wolfram has built.

pletnes • Feb 20, 2018 • View on HN

You might want to try sympy or sage as a mathematica replacement.

eternalban • Oct 28, 2016 • View on HN

Reminded me of Wolfram's Mathematica.