This page contains a list of free alternatives to proprietary software useful for Scientists. Please feel free to add more. For non-science alternatives, see SoftwareEquivalents. About software useful for Scientists, see also UbuntuScience. || '''Proprietary''' || '''Free alternative''' || '''Info''' || '''Link''' || '''[[Repositories| Ubuntu repository]]''' || || [[MATLAB]] || [[SciPy]], [[NumPy]], [[Matplotlib]] || Packages python-scipy, python-numpy, python-matplotlib - software for mathematics, science, and engineering || [[http://www.scipy.org/]], [[http://numpy.scipy.org/]], [[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/]] || universe || || [[MATLAB]] || [[Octave]] || Matrix based computing environment using MATLAB syntax|| [[http://www.octave.org/]] || universe || || [[MATLAB]] || Scilab || Matrix based computing environment || [[http://www.scilab.org/]] || multiverse || || [[MATLAB]] || Spyder || Spyder is a free open-source Python development environment providing MATLAB-like features in a simple and light-weighted software, available for Windows XP/Vista/7, GNU/Linux and MacOS X. It supports well to performing interactive work via IPython based on NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib and other scientific python libraries. || [[http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/]] || universe || || S-PLUS, SAS || R || statistical package || [[http://www.r-project.org]] || universe || || SPSS || PSPP || statistical package || [[http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/]] || universe || || SPSS || JASP || statistical package || [[https://jasp-stats.org]]|| [[https://launchpad.net/~jonathon-love/+archive/ubuntu/jasp|ppa]] || || IDL || GDL || Interactive data language using IDL syntax || [[http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/]] || universe || || Simulink || Sci''''''Craft || Based on Octave (Available for Debian, I think) || [[http://www.scicraft.org/]] || || || Simulink || Scicos || Provided with Scilab || [[http://www.scicos.org/]] || || || Origin || SciGraphica, RLPlot, Qtiplot, SciDAVis, LabPlot, [[Matplotlib]] || Data plotting and analysis ||[[http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/|SciGraphica]], [[http://rlplot.sourceforge.net/|RLPlot]], [[http://soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html|Qtiplot ]], [[http://scidavis.sourceforge.net/ |SciDAVis]], [[http://labplot.sourceforge.net/|LabPlot]], [[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ | Matplotlib]] || universe (rlplot qtiplot labplot) || || Peak''''''Fit || Fityk || Peak separation and analysis || [[http://www.unipress.waw.pl/fityk]] || universe || || [[Mathematica]], [[Maple]], Mu''''''Pad, [[ MathCad]]|| Maxima || A computer algebra systems || [[http://maxima.sourceforge.net/]]|| universe || || [[Mathematica]], [[Maple]], Mu''''''Pad || SAGE || A computer algebra systems || [[http://www.sagemath.org/]]|| || || Win''''''Edt(Shareware), Scientific''''''Word || Kile, Texmaker, [[Lyx]] || [[LaTeX]] frontends || [[http://kile.sourceforge.net/|kile]], [[http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/|Texmaker]], [[http://www.lyx.org|Lyx]]|| universe || || COMSOL || ELMER || tool for multi-physics problems || [[http://www.csc.fi/elmer/index.phtml]] || || || Fluent, CFX, Star-CD || [[OpenFOAM]], Code_Saturne || Computational Fluids Dynamics Software || [[http://www.openfoam.org]], [[http://www.code-saturne.org]] || || || Cabri Géomètre || Geo''''''Gebra || Didactic dynamic visualization of geometry || [[http://www.geogebra.org/]] || || || Cabri Géomètre || Kig || Didactic dynamic visualization of geometry || [[http://edu.kde.org/kig/]] || main || || EndNote || KBibTex ||Reference management || [[http://home.gna.org/kbibtex/]]|| || || EndNote ||[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Zotero |Zotero]] || Reference management || [[http://www.zotero.org/]] || || || ? || [[Gwyddion]] || Scanning probe microscopy data visualization and analysis || [[http://gwyddion.net/]] || universe || ---- CategoryScience