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Typst

Writing & typesetting

Modern markup-based typesetting system

Stars

57k

Licence

Apache-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Overleaf Premium

Julia

Numerical computing

Fast, high-level language for technical computing

Stars

49k

Licence

MIT

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB

NumPy

Numerical computing

The fundamental package for array computing in Python

Stars

33k

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB

Overleaf Community Edition

Writing & typesetting

Self-hostable collaborative LaTeX editor

Stars

18k

Licence

AGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Overleaf Premium

Zotero

Reference management

Free tool to collect, organise, cite and share research

Stars

16k

Licence

AGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to EndNote, Mendeley

JupyterLab

Data science & workflows

Web-based notebooks for code, data and narrative

Stars

15k

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB, Mathematica

LanguageTool

Writing & typesetting

Open-source grammar, style and spell checker

Stars

15k

Licence

LGPL-2.1

Status

Open source

Alternative to Grammarly

SciPy

Numerical computing

Algorithms for scientific computing in Python

Stars

15k

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB

statsmodels

Statistics

Statistical models and tests for Python

Stars

12k

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

Status

Open source

Alternative to Stata, SAS

Spyder

Numerical computing

Scientific Python IDE with a MATLAB-like layout

Stars

9.4k

Licence

MIT

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB

Orange

Data science & workflows

Visual programming for data mining and machine learning

Stars

5.7k

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS Modeler

RStudio Desktop

Statistics

Popular open-source IDE for R and Quarto

Stars

5.1k

Licence

AGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

JabRef

Reference management

Open-source reference manager built around BibTeX

Stars

4.8k

Licence

MIT

Status

Open source

Alternative to EndNote, Mendeley

LibreOffice

Writing & typesetting

Free office suite from The Document Foundation

Stars

4.5k

Licence

MPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Microsoft Office

LimeSurvey

Surveys & experiments

Open-source online survey platform

Stars

3.8k

Licence

GPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey

TeXstudio

Writing & typesetting

Feature-rich desktop editor for LaTeX documents

Stars

3.7k

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Overleaf Premium

SageMath

Numerical computing

Open-source mathematics system built on Python

Stars

2.6k

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Mathematica, Maple

PsychoPy

Surveys & experiments

Build behavioural experiments with a GUI or Python

Stars

2.1k

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to E-Prime

QuPath

Image analysis

Open-source software for bioimage and digital pathology analysis

Stars

1.5k

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Imaris

jsPsych

Surveys & experiments

JavaScript library for running experiments in the browser

Stars

1.2k

Licence

MIT

Status

Open source

Alternative to E-Prime

Fiji (ImageJ)

Image analysis

ImageJ distribution with batteries included for scientific imaging

Stars

1k

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Imaris

JASP

Statistics

Point-and-click statistics with classical and Bayesian tests

Stars

1k

Licence

AGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS, GraphPad Prism

jamovi

Statistics

Spreadsheet-style statistics app built on R

Stars

790

Licence

AGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

Qualitative data analysis for text, images, audio and video

Stars

694

Licence

LGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to NVivo, ATLAS.ti

GNU Octave

Numerical computing

Scientific programming language largely compatible with MATLAB

Stars

666

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB

LabPlot

Plotting & graphing

Data visualisation and analysis from KDE

Stars

487

Licence

GPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Origin, GraphPad Prism

OpenSesame

Surveys & experiments

Graphical experiment builder for the social sciences

Stars

281

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to E-Prime

KoboToolbox

Surveys & experiments

Data collection for field research, online and offline

Stars

186

Licence

AGPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey

Scientific data analysis and visualisation

Stars

145

Licence

GPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Origin

CATMA

Qualitative analysis

Web-based text annotation and analysis for the humanities

Stars

104

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to NVivo, MAXQDA

GNU PSPP

Statistics

Free program for statistical analysis of sampled data, modelled on SPSS

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS

Econometrics package with a menu interface and scripting

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Stata

KNIME Analytics Platform

Data science & workflows

Free, open-source platform for visual data workflows

Licence

GPL-3.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS Modeler, SAS

Maxima

Numerical computing

Long-running computer algebra system

Licence

GPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to Mathematica, Maple

R

Statistics

The open-source language and environment for statistical computing

Licence

GPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

Scilab

Numerical computing

Numerical computation software with a Simulink-like modeller

Licence

GPL-2.0

Status

Open source

Alternative to MATLAB

Taguette

Qualitative analysis

Free and open-source tool for qualitative research

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

Status

Open source

Alternative to NVivo, ATLAS.ti