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The following tables provide a '''comparison of [[numerical analysis]] software'''.

== Applications ==

=== General ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! style="width: 12em"|
! Creator
! Development started
! First public release
! data-sort-type="number"|Latest stable version
! Stable release date
! data-sort-type="currency"|Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! License
! Notes
|-
! [[ADMB]]
| David Fournier, ADMB Project
| 1989
| 1990
| 13.1
| {{dts|December 23, 2022}}
| {{free}}
| [[BSD licenses#3-clause|BSD 3-clause (aka new)]]
| Automatic differentiation makes it well suited to complex minimization problems
|-
! [[Analytica (software)|Analytica]]
| Lumina Decision Systems
| 1982 (Demos)
|
| 4.6
| {{dts|May 2015}}
| {{depends|Free (Analytica Free 101), $995 (professional), $2795 (enterprise)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| A numerical modeling environment with a [[Declarative language|declarative]] and [[visual programming language]] based on [[influence diagrams]].
|-
! [[Ch (computer programming)|Ch]]
| SoftIntegration
|
| data-sort-value="2001-10-01"|{{dts|1 October 2001}}
| 7.5.1
| {{dts|2 December 2015}}
| {{depends|$399 (commercial), $199 (academic), Free (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| C/C++ based numerical computing and graphical plotting<ref>[http://www.softintegration.com/docs/ch/numeric/ Ch Scientific Numerical Computing]</ref>
|-
! [[DADiSP]]
| DSP Development
| 1984
| 1987
| 6.7 B02
| {{dts|17 January 2017}}
| {{nonfree|$1995 (commercial), $129 (academic), Free (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Numeric computations for science and engineering featuring a [[spreadsheet]] like interface.
|-
! [[Dyalog APL]]
| Dyalog Ltd.
| 1981
| 1983
| 18.0
| {{dts|10 June 2020}}
| {{depends|Not free (commercial), Free (non-commercial)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| A modern dialect of [[APL (programming language)|APL]], enhanced with features for [[Functional programming|functional]] and [[object-oriented programming]].
|-
! [[Euler (software)|Euler Math Toolbox]]
| René Grothmann
| 1987
| 1988
| 2022-02-10
| {{dts|10 February 2022}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Also a computer algebra system through interface with [[Maxima (software)|Maxima]]
|-
! [[Fityk]]
| Marcin Wojdyr
|
| 2002
| 1.3.1
| {{dts|19 December 2016}}
| {{free|$115 (1.x binaries), Free (source code and 0.x binaries)}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| interactive graphics, scriptable, specialized in curve fitting and peak fitting, 2D only
|-
![[FlexPro]]
|Weisang GmbH
|n/a
|1991
|2019 (12.0.x)
|2018
| {{depends|Not free (commercial), Free (academic)}}
|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|Dynamic, interactive 2D/3D diagrams, programmable, VBA, high performances, multicore compatible, large data sets.
|-
! [[FreeMat]]
| Samit Basu
|
| 2004
| 4.2
| {{dts|30 June 2013}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Codeless interface to external [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], and [[Fortran]] code. Mostly compatible with MATLAB.
|-
! [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]]
| Aptech Systems
|
| 1984
| 21
| {{dts|08 December 2020}}
| {{nonfree|Not free}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|
|-
! [[GNU Data Language]]
| Marc Schellens
|
| 2004
| 1.0.2
| {{dts|15 January 2023}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Aimed as a drop-in replacement for IDL/PV-WAVE
|-
! [[IBM SPSS Statistics]]
| [[Norman H. Nie]], Dale H. Bent, and C. Hadlai Hull
|
| 1968
| 23.0
| {{dts|3 March 2015}}
| {{nonfree|Not free}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Primarily for statistics
|-
! [[MCSim|GNU MCSim]]
| Frederic Y. Bois & Don Maszle
| 1991
| 1993
| 6.0.0
| {{dts|24 February 2018}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| General simulation and Monte Carlo sampling software
|-
! [[GNU Octave]]
| John W. Eaton
| 1988
| 1993
| 7.3.0
| {{dts|2 November 2022}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| General numerical computing package with many extension modules. Syntax mostly compatible with MATLAB
|-
! [[IGOR Pro]]
| WaveMetrics
| 1986
| 1988
| 8.00
| {{dts|May 22, 2018}}
| {{nonfree|$995 (commercial) $225 upgrade, $499 (academic) $175 upgrade, $85 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for science and engineering, large data sets.
|-
![[imc FAMOS]]
|imc Test & Measurement
|1988
|1989
|2024 R2
|April 29, 2024
|{{depends|Not free (commercial), Free (academic)}}
|Proprietary
|Solving differential equations, nonlinear approximations, Monte-Carlo calculations, engineering math, interactive plots, Python and R interface
|-
! [[J (programming language)|J]]
| Jsoftware
| 1989
| 1990
| J9.5.1
| {{dts|20 December 2023}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| online access to: J Application Library (JAL)
|-
! [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]]
| [[Jeff Bezanson]], [[Stefan Karpinski]], [[Viral B. Shah]], [[Alan Edelman]]
| 2009
| 2012
| 1.11.2
| {{dts|2 December 2024}}
| {{free}}
| [[MIT License]]
| A fast,<ref>[https://julialang.org/ "Julia in a Nutshell"], from the official Julia homepage. Accessed 2019-01-25.</ref><ref>Sai K. Popuri and Matthias K. Gobbert. [https://userpages.umbc.edu/~gobbert/papers/PopuriHPCF2017.pdf ''A Comparative Evaluation of Matlab, Octave, R, and Julia on Maya'']. Technical Report HPCF-2017-03, UMBC High Performance Computing Facility, University of Maryland, U.S.A., 2017. Accessed 2019-01-25.</ref><ref>Jules Kouatchou; [https://web.archive.org/web/20180814150123/https://modelingguru.nasa.gov/docs/DOC-2676 ''Basic Comparison of Python, Julia, Matlab, IDL and Java (2018 Edition)'']
Version 74. [[NASA]] Modeling Guru, Technical Report DOC-2676. Created on: 5-Feb-2018. Last Modified: 14-Sep-2018. Accessed 2019-01-25.</ref> high-level numerical computing language.
<ref group="Note">Julia allows direct calls of C functions (no wrappers needed). Designed for cloud parallel computing with [[LLVM]] [[just-in-time compilation]] (JIT) as a backend. Lightweight "green" threading (coroutines). Efficient support for Unicode. Shell-like abilities to manage other processes. Lisp-like macros and other metaprogramming facilities.</ref>
|-
! [[LabPlot]]
| Stefan Gerlach, Alexander Semke, KDE
| 2001
| 2003
| 2.11.1
| {{dts|16 July 2024}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU_GPLv2|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| 2D plotting, suitable for creation of publication-ready plots but also for data visualization and exploration, data import from many formats(ASCII, binary, HDF5, FITS, JSON, etc.), export to vector and raster images, data analysis (nonlinear curve fitting in 2D, FFT, smoothing, integration and differentiation, etc.), digitizing of raster images, live data plotting, support for different CAS like Maxima, Octave, R, etc.
|-
! [[LabVIEW]]
| [[National Instruments]]
| 1985
| 1986
| 2016
| {{dts|August 2016}}
| {{nonfree|$1249 (commercial), $79.95 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Graphical programming|Graphical]], and textual through formula nodes, mathscript and .m file scripts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ni.com/white-paper/7006/en/|title=Working with .m File Scripts in NI LabVIEW for Text Based Signal Processing, Analysis, and Math|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
! [[Maple (software)|Maple]]
| [[Waterloo Maple Inc.|Maplesoft]]
| 1980
| 1982
| {{Latest stable software release/Maple}}
| {{dts|14 March 2019}}
| {{nonfree|$2390 (commercial), $239 (personal), $99 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Mainly a [[computer algebra system]]
|-
! [[Mathcad]]
| [[Parametric Technology Corporation]]
| 1985
| 1986
| 15.0; Prime 4.0<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ptc.com/en/products/mathcad/new-release|title=PTC Mathcad Prime 4.0 {{!}} PTC|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref>
| {{dts|2 March 2015}}
| {{nonfree|$1195 (commercial), $99 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|
|-
! [[Mathematica]]
| [[Wolfram Research]]
| 1986
| 1988
| {{Latest stable software release/Mathematica}}
| {{dts|13 December 2023}}
| {{depends| Free ([[Raspberry Pi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Raspberry Pi now includes Mathematica and Wolfram Language for free |date=2013-11-21 |website=[[The Verge]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613213934/https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130394/raspberry-pi-includes-mathematica-wolfram-language-free |archive-date=2023-06-13 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5130394/raspberry-pi-includes-mathematica-wolfram-language-free}}</ref>), Free [https://www.open.wolframcloud.com/ Cloud Access], $3320 (commercial), $399 (personal), $75/year (student)<ref>[https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/pricing/ Mathematica License Pricing Options] Wolfram.com, February 2024</ref>}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Also computer algebra system
|-
! [[MATLAB]]
| [[MathWorks]]
| data-sort-value="1978"|late 1970s
| 1984
| data-sort-value="9.12"|9.12 (R2022a)
| {{dts|15 March 2022}}
| {{nonfree|$2150 (standard), $500 (education), $149 (home), $49 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Numerical computation and simulation with extended 2D/3D visualization. Emphasis on vectorised processing.
|-
! [[Maxima (software)|Maxima]]
| [[MIT Project MAC]] and [[Bill Schelter]] et al.
| 1967
| 1982
| 5.47.0
| {{dts|31 May 2023}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Mainly a [[computer algebra system]]
|-
! [[MLAB]]
| Civilized Software, Inc.
| 1970 (in SAIL), 1985 (in C)
| 1972 (on DEC-10), 1988 (on PCs), 1993 (on MACs)
| 2015
| {{dts|2015}}
| {{nonfree|$2250 (standard), $50 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Numerical and Statistical computation for Scientific Applications, e.g. Chemical Kinetics. [[Ordinary differential equation|ODE]] Solving and Curve-Fitting. Symbolic Differentiation, Survival Analysis, Cluster Analysis, 2D/3D Graphics.
|-
! [[Origin (data analysis software)|Origin]]
| OriginLab
|
| 1991
| 2019b
| {{dts|24 April 2019}}
| {{nonfree|$1095 (std.)/$1800 (Pro)<br/>$550 (std., academic)<br/>$850 (Pro, academic)<br/>$69/yr. (Pro, student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Integrated data analysis graphing software for science and engineering. Flexible multi-layer graphing framework. 2D, 3D and statistical graph types. Built-in digitizing tool. Analysis with auto recalculation and report generation. Built-in scripting and programming languages.
|-
! [[Perl Data Language]]
| Karl Glazebrook
| data-sort-value="1996"|1996
| data-sort-value="1997"|c. 1997
| 2.080
| {{dts|28 May 2022}}
| {{free}}
| [[Artistic License]]
| Used for astrophysics, solar physics, oceanography, biophysics, and simulation. 2D plotting via PGPLOT, PLPlot bindings; 3D via GL.
|-
! [[PSPP]]
| Ben Pfaff
| 1990s
| 1990s
| 1.2.0
| {{dts|6 November 2018}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] v.3 or later
| [[FOSS]] statistics program, intended as an alternative to IBM SPSS Statistics.
<ref group="Note">Abilities of PSPP include analysis of sampled data, frequencies, cross-tabs comparison of means (t-tests and one-way ANOVA); linear regression, logistic regression, reliability (Cronbach's Alpha, not failure or Weibull), and re-ordering data, non-parametric tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis, principal components analysis, chi-square analysis and more.</ref>
|-
! [[R (programming language)|R]]
| R Foundation
| 1997
| 1997
| 4.3.2
| {{dts|31 October 2023}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Primarily for statistics, but there are many interfaces to open-source numerical software
|-
! [[SageMath]]
| [[William A. Stein|William Stein]]
|
| 2005
| 10.2
| {{dts|03 December 2023}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Programmable, includes computer algebra, 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to many open-source and [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] software. Web based interface [[HTTP]] or [[HTTPS]]
|-
! [[SAS (software)|SAS]]
| [[Anthony James Barr|Anthony Barr]], [[James Goodnight]]
| 1966
| 1972
| 10.2
| {{dts|10 July 2014}}
| {{nonfree|Not free}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Mainly for statistics
|-
! [[SequenceL]]
| [[Texas Multicore Technologies]]
| 1989
| 2012
| 2.4
| {{dts|10 February 2016}}
| {{depends| Free (Community Edition), $2495 (Professional Edition)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Functional programming language and tools.
<ref group="Note">SequenceL delivers high performance on multicore hardware with ease of programming, and code clarity/readability. Designed to work with other languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, Fortran, Python, etc. Can be compiled to multithreaded C++ (and optionally OpenCL) code with no explicit indications from the programmer of how or what to parallelize. A platform-specific runtime manages the threads safely.</ref>
|-
! [[S-Lang]]
| John E. Davis
|
| 1992
| 2.3.0
| {{dts|18 September 2014}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]], [[Artistic License]] (1.x only)
| Available as a standalone (slsh) and embedded interpreter ([[JED (text editor)|jed]], [[slrn]], ...)
|-
! [[Scilab]]
|[[ESI Group]]
Was:[[Inria]]
| 1990
| 1994
| 2024.0.0
| {{dts|24 October 2023}}
| {{free}}
| [[GPL]]
| Programmable, direct support of 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to many other software packages. Interfacing to external modules written in C, Java, Python or other languages. Language syntax similar to MATLAB. Used for numerical computing in engineering and physics.
|-
![[SMath Studio|Smath Studio]]
|SMath LLC 
(Andrey Ivashov)
|
|2006
|1.0.8348
| {{dts|11 September 2022}}
|Free
|Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC-BY-ND)
|Mathematical notebook program, similar to [[Mathcad]], with support for Plugins (e.g. Maxima plugin available)
|-
! [[Sysquake]]
| [[Calerga]]
|
| 1998
| 6.5
| {{dts|December 2019}}
| {{depends|free, $2500 (Pro, commercial), $1000 (Pro, academic)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| interactive graphics
|-
! [[TK Solver]]
| [[Universal Technical Systems, Inc.]]
| data-sort-value="1978"|late 1970s
| 1982
| 6.0.152
| {{dts|2020}}
| {{nonfree|$599 commercial, $49 (student)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Numerical computation and rule-based application development
|-
! [[VisSim]]
| Visual Solutions
|
| 1989
| 10.1
| {{dts|January 2011}}
| {{depends|$495-$2800 (commercial)<br/>free view-only version<br/>$50-$250/free v3.0 (academic)}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Visual programming language|Visual language]] for simulation and [[Model Based Design]]. Used in business, science and engineering. Performs complex scalar or matrix based ODE solving with parametric optimization. Has 2D and 3D plotting, 3D animation, and state transition built in.
|-
! [[Yorick (programming language)|Yorick]]
| n/a
| n/a
| n/a
| 9
| {{dts|January 2015}}
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| Programmable, callable 2D+3D plotting. Language syntax similar to C. Interfacing to other software packages via C calls.
|-
|}

=== Operating system support ===
The [[operating system]]s the software can run on natively (without [[emulator|emulation]]).

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! style="width: 12em" |
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[macOS]]
! [[Linux]]
! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]
! [[Unix]]
! [[DOS]]
! [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
! [[Software as a service|SaaS]]
|-
! [[ADMB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Analytica (software)|Analytica]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Ch (computer programming)|Ch]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Dyalog APL]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}<ref group="Note" name="once">Once was supported</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[DADiSP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Euler (software)|Euler Math Toolbox]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
![[FlexPro]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[FreeMat]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[GNU Data Language]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[MCSim|GNU MCSim]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GNU Octave]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[IGOR Pro]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
![[imc FAMOS]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[LabPlot]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! [[LabVIEW]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Maple (software)|Maple]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Mathematica]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[MATLAB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[MLAB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Origin (data analysis software)|Origin]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Perl Data Language]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[R (programming language)|R]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[SageMath]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[SAS (software)|SAS]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[SequenceL]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[S-Lang]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Scilab]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
![[SMath Studio|Smath Studio]]
| {{Yes}}
|?
| {{Yes}}
|?
|?
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
! [[Sysquake]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[TK Solver]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[The Unscrambler]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[VisSim]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|}

=== Language features ===
Colors indicate features available as
{|
|{{yes|}}basic system abilities
|-
|{{Depends|}}official or officially supported extensions and libraries
|-
|{{No|}}[[third-party software component]]s or not supported
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! style="width: 12em" |
! Standalone [[executable]]s creation support
! [[Symbolic computation]] support
! [[Object-oriented programming|OOP]] support
! [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] creation support
! [[Array data type#Multi-dimensional arrays|Multi-dimensional arrays]] as [[primitive data type]]
! Centralized extension library website
! Can call code in other languages
! Can be called from other languages
|-
! [[Analytica (software)|Analytica]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|{{yes|}}[[Component Object Model|COM]], [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]]
|{{yes|}}[[Microsoft Excel|Excel]], [[Component Object Model|COM]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]]
|-
! [[Dyalog APL]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://docs.dyalog.com/13.2/Dyalog%20APL%20User%20Guide.pdf|title=Dyalog APL Users Guide}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://archive.vector.org.uk/trad/v221/oops221.htm|title=An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming for APL programmers}}</ref>
| {{yes|}}[[Win32]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[Windows Presentation Foundation|WPF]], [[JavaScript|HTML/JS]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|}}[[Component Object Model|COM]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[Web service|WebServices]], [[Library (computing)|Shared Libraries]], [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]]s, [[NAG Numerical Library|NAG]], [[R (programming language)|R]], [[JavaScript]]<ref name="Dyalog APL Interface Guide">{{cite web|url= http://docs.dyalog.com/13.2/Dyalog%20APL%20Interface%20Guide.pdf|title=Dyalog APL Interface Guide}}</ref>
| {{yes|}}[[Component Object Model|COM]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[Web service|WebServices]]<ref name="Dyalog APL Interface Guide"/>
|-
! [[GNU Data Language]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Depends|}} GUI Widgets since v.0.9 but still incomplete
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|{{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
|{{yes|}}[[Python (programming language)|Python]]
|-
! [[MCSim|GNU MCSim]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{Depends|}} XMCSim with TCL/TK and wish
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|{{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]]
|{{yes|}}[[R (programming language)|R]]
|-
! [[GNU Octave]]
| {{Yes}} with mkoctfile
| {{Depends|}} Wrappers to [[SymPy]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Object-Oriented-Programming.html|title=GNU Octave: Object Oriented Programming|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://octave.sourceforge.net/index.html|title=Octave-Forge|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{Depends|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Fortran]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveFortran|title=Octave Wiki: OctaveFortran|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717143057/http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveFortran|archive-date=July 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Perl]],<ref name="OctavePerl"/> [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Tcl]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveTcl|title=Octave Wiki: OctaveTcl|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717082040/http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveTcl|archive-date=July 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{Depends|}}[[Java (programming language)|Java]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.octave.org/Main_Page |title=Octave Wiki: OctaveJava|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> [[Perl]],<ref name="OctavePerl">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctavePerl|title=Octave Wiki: OctavePerl|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20051222175249/http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctavePerl|archive-date=December 22, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?CategoryExternal|title=Octave Wiki: CategoryExternal|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723080017/http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?CategoryExternal|archive-date=July 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
|-
! [[J (programming language)|J]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|{{yes|}}[[JavaScript]]
|{{yes|}}[[JavaScript]], [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
|-
! [[imc FAMOS]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|{{yes|}}Python, R, C++
|{{yes|}}.Net
|-
! [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no|}} Wrappers to [[SymPy]], [https://github.com/symengine/symengine SymEngine] and others
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
{|
| {{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[Fortran]]
|-
| {{no|}}[[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[MATLAB]], [[R (programming language)|R]]
|}
| {{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[R (programming language)|R]]
|-
! [[LabVIEW]]
|
{|
|{{Yes|Professional System version}}
|-
|{{Depends|With add-on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/212940|title=LabVIEW Application Builder|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|}
| {{No}}
|
{|
|{{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361N-01/lvconcepts/front_oolv|title=LabVIEW Object-Oriented Programming|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
|{{Depends|GOOP}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209038|title=NI GOOP Development Suite|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
|{{No|G#}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209103|title=G# Framework|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709160724/http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209103|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ni.com/labview-tools-network/|title=LabVIEW Tools Network|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|
{|
|{{Yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forums.ni.com/t5/Developer-Center-Resources/Calling-External-Code-From-LabVIEW/ta-p/3522282|title=Calling External Code From LabVIEW|last=National Instruments|date=January 18, 2010|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> [[Dynamic-link library|DLLs]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ni.com/tutorial/8493/en/|title=Call Perl and Python Scripts from LabVIEW|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> [[Perl]], [[Tcl]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ni.com/white-paper/8910/en/|title=Introduction to Scripting in Perl, Python and Tcl|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> [[MATLAB]], [[Dynamic-link library|ActiveX]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]/[[.NET Framework|.NET]]
|-
|{{No|With add-ons. I.e.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luaforlabview.com/|title=Lua for LabVIEW|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|}
|{{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ni.com/tutorial/5719/en/|title=Calling LabVIEW VIs from Other Programming Languages|last=National Instruments|author-link=National Instruments|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
! [[Maple (software)|Maple]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/view.aspx?SID=4669|title=Object-Oriented Programming, Polymorphism, and More in Maple 9.5|last=Maplesoft|author-link=Maplesoft|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/index.aspx/|title=Maple Application Center}}</ref>
|{{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[Fortran]]
|{{Depends|}} [[MATLAB]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/features/feature_detail.aspx?fid=6721|title=Maple: MATLAB Connectivity|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Excel|title=Maple and Excel}}</ref> [[Visual Basic]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], and [[C (programming language)|C]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/view.aspx?SID=4666|title=OpenMaple API for VisualBasic and Java|last=Maplesoft|author-link=Maplesoft|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
! [[Mathematica]]
|{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/CCodeGenerator/tutorial/Overview.html|title=C Code Generation User Guide|last=Wolfram Research|author-link=Wolfram Research|access-date=19 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>[http://library.wolfram.com/ library.wolfram.com]</ref>
|{{yes|}}[[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[C++]], [[Fortran]], [[CUDA]], [[OpenCL]], [[R Statistics|R]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[SQL]], [[SPARQL]], [[NodeJS]], [[Julia (programming language)|Julia]]
|
{|
|{{yes|}}[[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
|-
|{{depends|}}[[Microsoft Excel|Excel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/excel_link/|title=Mathematica Link for Excel 3.2|last=Wolfram Research|author-link=Wolfram Research|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> [[LabVIEW]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/labview/|title=Mathematica Link for LabVIEW 2.1|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808055121/http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/labview/|archive-date=August 8, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|{{no|}}[[Haskell]],<ref>[http://hackage.haskell.org/package/mathlink Haskell packages]</ref> [[AppleScript]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unisoftwareplus.com/products/mathlinkosax/ |title=Unisoftware plus |access-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717163309/http://www.unisoftwareplus.com/products/mathlinkosax/ |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Racket (programming language)|Racket]],<ref>[http://www.cs.utah.edu/~czhu/SchemeLink/mrmma.html MrMathematica website]</ref> [[Visual Basic]],<ref>[http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/TechNotes/4710/ Mathematica for ActivX]</ref> [[Clojure]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://clojuratica.weebly.com/ |title=Clojuratica |work=clojuratica.weebly.com |year=2013 |access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref> [[MATLAB]]<ref name="mathworks.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/6044-mathematica-symbolic-toolbox-for-matlab-version-2-0|title=Mathematica Symbolic Toolbox for MATLAB--Version 2.0|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|}
|-
! [[MATLAB]]
| {{Depends|with extension}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/|title=MATLAB Compiler|last=Mathworks|author-link=Mathworks|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{Depends|}}with extension library<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/symbolic/|title=Symbolic Math Toolbox |last=Mathworks|author-link=Mathworks|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/discovery/object-oriented-programming.html|title=Object-Oriented Programming in MATLAB|last=Mathworks|author-link=Mathworks|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719003013/https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/object-oriented-programming.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange|title=MATLAB File Exchange|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|
{|
|{{yes|}} Through MEX<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/1600/1605.html|title=MEX-files Guide|last=Mathworks|author-link=Mathworks|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> files: [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Fortran]]. Also compiled [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and [[ActiveX]] components.
|-
|{{no|}}[[Mathematica]]<ref name="mathworks.com"/>
|}

| {{Depends|}}[[.NET Framework|.NET]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/netbuilder/|title=MATLAB Builder NE for Microsoft .NET Framework |last=Mathworks|author-link=Mathworks|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> [[Java (programming language)|Java]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/javabuilder/|title=MATLAB Builder JA for Java language |last=Mathworks|author-link=Mathworks|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlabxl/|title=MATLAB Builder EX for Microsoft Excel |access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
! [[Maxima (software)|Maxima]]
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}
! {{no}}
! {{yes|}}[[Common Lisp]]
! {{yes|}}[[Common Lisp]]
|-
! [[MLAB]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Perl Data Language|PDL]]
|{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=215299|access-date=24 January 2013|title=Perlmonks}}</ref>
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perl-begin.org/topics/object-oriented/|title=O'Reilly tutorial|access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
|{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perl.com/pub/1999/10/perltk/|title=PerlTK tutorial|date=October 10, 1999 |access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpan.org/|title=CPAN|access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
|{{yes|}}C via perlXS; C, Python, F77, etc. via Inline
|{{yes|}}Perl, C<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=830663|title=Calling Perl from C|access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
|-
! [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| {{no|}} [[Py2exe]], Py2App, PyInstaller, cxFreeze, etc.
| {{no|}} [[SymPy]] & others
| {{yes|Yes inherently object-oriented}}
|
{|
| {{yes|}} [[tkinter]]
|-
| {{no|}} [[wxPython]], [[Qt (software)|QT]], [[Kivy (framework)|Kivy]], [https://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming many others]
|}
| {{depends|}} [[Numpy]]
| {{yes|}} [[PyPI]]
| {{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Fortran]], [https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages many others]
| {{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Fortran]], [https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages many others]
|-
! [[R (programming language)|R]]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes| Yes and extended via Ryacas package}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite book|last=R Development Core Team|title=R Language Definition|date=13 April 2011|chapter=Object-oriented programming|isbn=978-3-900051-13-6 |url=https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-lang.html#Object_002doriented-programming|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{depends|}} Via the tcltk library
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/|title=CRAN: Contributed Packages|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|
{|
|{{Yes|}} [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Fortran]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Hornik|first=Kurt |title=The R FAQ|year=2011|isbn=978-3-900051-08-2|url=https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#R-Basics}}</ref>
|-
|{{Depends|}}[[MATLAB]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/R.matlab/index.html|title=CRAN: R.matlab package|last=Bengtsson|first=Henrik|author2=Jason Riedy|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
|{{No|}}[[Python (programming language)|Python]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rjython.r-forge.r-project.org/|title=rJython R package|last=Grothendieck|first=G.|author2=Carlos J. Gil Bellosta|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|}
|
{|
|{{Depends|}}[[Microsoft Excel|Excel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RExcelInstaller/index.html|title=CRAN: RExcelInstaller package|last=Neuwirth|first=Erich|access-date=18 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525215422/http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RExcelInstaller/index.html|archive-date=May 25, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|{{No|}}[[Python (programming language)|Python]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpy.sourceforge.net/index.html|title=A simple and efficient access to R from Python|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
|{{Depends|}}[[SAS (software)|SAS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.sas.com/rnd/app/studio/Rinterface2.html|title=R Interface Now Available in SAS/IML Studio|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
|}
|-
! [[SageMath]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagemath.org/download-packages.html|title=Additional Packages|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>
| {{yes|}} Many languages<ref>{{cite web|title=Interpreter Interfaces|url=http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/interfaces/index.html|access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=C/C++ Library Interfaces|url=http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/libs/index.html|access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Using Compiled Code Interactively|url=http://www.sagemath.org/doc/numerical_sage/using_compiled_code_iteractively.html|access-date=6 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404205431/http://www.sagemath.org/doc/numerical_sage/using_compiled_code_iteractively.html|archive-date=April 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{yes}} (any language that can call Python)
|-
! [[SAS (software)|SAS]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{Depends|}}DS2 and SCL
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
{|
| {{yes|}}[[C (programming language)|C]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
|-
| {{Depends|}}[[R (programming language)|R]] (requires IML)
|-
|}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[TK Solver]]
| {{Depends|with extension}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Depends|with extension}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Depends|}}[[.NET Framework|.NET]] [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]]
| {{Depends|}}Unknown
|}

== Libraries ==

=== General ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! style="width: 12em"|
! Creator
! Language
! First public release
! Latest stable version
! Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! License
! Notes
|-
! [[ALGLIB]]
| Sergey Bochkanov
| C++, C#, Python, FreePascal
| 2006
| 3.19.0, June 2022
| Dual licensed
| GPL/commercial
| General purpose numerical analysis library. Cross-platform (Windows, *nix).
|-
! [[Armadillo (C++ library)|Armadillo]]
| [[NICTA]]
| C++
| 2009
| 3.900, 2013
| {{free}}
| [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]]
| C++ template library for linear algebra; includes various decompositions and factorisations; syntax ([[Application Programming Interface|API]]) is similar to [[MATLAB]].
|-
! [[GNU Scientific Library]]
| GNU Project
| C
| 1996
| 2.7, 1 June 2021
| {{free}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| General purpose numerical analysis library. Targets Linux, can be built on almost any *nix OS with Ansi C compiler.
|-
! [[ILNumerics]]
| H. Kutschbach
| C#, PowerShell
| 2007
| 1.3.14, August 2008
| {{nonfree}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| aims .Net/mono, 2D/3D plottings (beta)
|-
! [[IMSL Numerical Libraries]]
| [[Rogue Wave Software]]
| C, Java, C#, Fortran, Python
| 1970
| many components
| {{nonfree|Not free}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| General purpose numerical analysis library.
|-
! [[Math.NET Numerics]]
| C. Rüegg, M. Cuda, et al.
| C#, F#, C, PowerShell
| 2009
| 4.7.0, November 2018
| {{free}}
| [[MIT License|MIT/X11]]
| General purpose numerical analysis and statistics library for the [[.NET]] framework and [[Mono (software)|Mono]], with optional support for native providers.
|-
! [[NAG Numerical Library]]
| The [[Numerical Algorithms Group]]
| C, Fortran
| 1971
| many components
| {{nonfree|Not free}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| General purpose numerical analysis library.
|-
! [[NMath]]
| [[CenterSpace Software]]
| C#
| 2003
| 6.2, March 2016
| {{nonfree|$995}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| Math and statistical libraries for [[.NET]] framework
|-
! [[SciPy]]
| scipy.org community
| Python
| 2001
| 1.5.3, 17 October 2020
| {{free}}
| [[BSD licenses|BSD]]
| Adds numerical programming abilities to [[Python (programming language)|Python]] language. Related to [[NumPy]], and thus connected to prior Numeric and Numarray packages for Python
|}

=== Operating-system support ===
The [[operating system]]s the software can run on natively (without [[emulator|emulation]]).

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! style="width: 12em" |
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[macOS]]
! [[Linux]]
! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]
! [[Unix]]
! [[DOS]]
! [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
|-
! [[ALGLIB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[GNU Scientific Library]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! [[ILNumerics]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[IMSL Numerical Libraries]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[Math.NET Numerics]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[NAG Numerical Library]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[NMath]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! [[SciPy]] (Python packages)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[Comparison of computer algebra systems]]
* [[Comparison of deep-learning software]]
* [[Comparison of statistical packages]]
* [[List of numerical-analysis software]]

== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist|group=Note}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Numerical analysis software}}

[[Category:Comparisons of mathematical software|Numerical analysis software]]
[[Category:Numerical software| ]]