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A free, open-source alternative to Mathematica(r)

Mathics-Django screenshot
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Mathics is a free, open-source general-purpose computer algebra
system featuring Mathematica(r)-compatible syntax and functions. It
relies on a number of other Python libraries in the Python ecosystem.

Status as of September 2021

Components

Mathics has a modular design, allowing to reuse parts of it and run
them with tailored dependencies and minimal footprint.

To run the full Mathics, a complete Docker image is available at
DockerHub.

To install everything locally without Docker, use the Mathics-omnibus
Python package available from the Python package index.

The pieces that make up Mathics are described below, along with their
dependencies, be they system package or Python package dependencies.

Mathics Core

The Mathics core is required for any work with Mathics.

If you are developing a non-interactive application written in
Mathics, you may need no more than this.

Code repository: mathics-core on GitHub

mathicsscript

mathicsscript is a fancier command-line client for Mathics.

    mathicsscript screenshot

    mathicsscript features:

      + terminal interaction using either prompt_toolkit or GNU
        Readline. This includes
          o saving command history between sessions
          o variable completion, even for symbol names like \[Sigma]
          o limited ESC keyboard input; for example ESC+p+ESC is p
      + syntax highlighting using pygments
      + automatic detection of light or dark terminal background
        color.
      + entering and displaying Unicode symbols such as used for Pi
        or Rule arrows
      + Code repository: mathicsscript on GitHub
      + Python package: mathicsscript on PyPI

    Mathics-Django

    This is a browser-based webserver with MathML-formatted output
    and Three.js graphics.

    Mathics-Django screenshot

    It features:

      + extensive online documentation and interactive documentation
        via Ajax
      + integrated graphics and MathML mathematics output via MathJax
        and Three.js
      + notebook-like sessions

    To use this, you will need Django installed and a browser with
    JavaScript enabled.

      + Code repository: Mathics-Django on GitHub
      + Python package: Mathics-Django on PyPI

    For more information on how to install Mathics see
    mathics-development-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing .

    Documentation

    Documentation for the Mathics system is provided in the PDF
    format (download the PDF). You can find internal documentation at
    mathics-development-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

    Mathics manual screenshot

    Support

    Use the mathics-users mailing list or slack channel for
    discussions regarding using Mathics.

      + Report a Mathics bug
      + Code repositories for all the components and website live
        under the Mathics3 GitHub organizations.

    Contributing

    Please check out our contributing guide at https://
    mathics-development-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extending/
    developing-code/contributing-developing.html.

    Developers wanted! Please get in touch if you want to be part of
    this awesome project.

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    Free software

    Mathics is licensed under the GNU General Public License GPLv3
    and is developed by an active community of volunteers. Its source
    code is freely available in repositories under the Github
    organizations Mathics and Mathics3.

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    Python

    As a collection of Python packages, Mathics is intended to be
    used as a whole or from other Python packages and code.

    On the Shoulders of Giants

    This project is only possible due the work of countless
    volunteers, which includes people who worked on software used
    internally by Mathics such as:

      + SymPy
      + mpmath
      + numpy
      + llvmlite
      + Django
      + MathJax
      + Three.js
      + Asymptote
      + SciPy (which also includes a number of the above)

    2020-2022 (c) The Mathics Team. Credits: HTML5 UP