Runs in the browser

Tools you can use from a web browser, including self-hostable survey and writing platforms.

Typst

Writing & typesetting

Modern markup-based typesetting system

Stars: ★ 56.7k
Licence: Apache-2.0
Updated: 3 days ago

Alternative to Overleaf Premium

Overleaf Community Edition

Writing & typesetting

Self-hostable collaborative LaTeX editor

Stars: ★ 18.3k
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: 1 month ago

Alternative to Overleaf Premium

JupyterLab

Data science & workflows

Web-based notebooks for code, data and narrative

Stars: ★ 15.4k
Licence: BSD-3-Clause
Updated: 3 days ago

Alternative to MATLAB, Mathematica

LanguageTool

Writing & typesetting

Open-source grammar, style and spell checker

Stars: ★ 15.2k
Licence: LGPL-2.1
Updated: yesterday

Alternative to Grammarly

LimeSurvey

Surveys & experiments

Open-source online survey platform

Stars: ★ 3.8k
Licence: GPL-2.0
Updated: yesterday

Alternative to Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey

jsPsych

Surveys & experiments

JavaScript library for running experiments in the browser

Stars: ★ 1.2k
Licence: MIT
Updated: 6 days ago

Alternative to E-Prime

jamovi

Statistics

Spreadsheet-style statistics app built on R

Stars: ★ 790
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: 4 days ago

Opens .sav
Opens .sas7bdat
Opens .dta

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

KoboToolbox

Surveys & experiments

Data collection for field research, online and offline

Stars: ★ 186
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Updated: 2 days ago

Alternative to Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey

CATMA

Qualitative analysis

Web-based text annotation and analysis for the humanities

Stars: ★ 104
Licence: GPL-3.0
Updated: 4 days ago

Alternative to NVivo, MAXQDA

Taguette

Qualitative analysis

Free and open-source tool for qualitative research

Stars: ★ 88
Licence: BSD-3-Clause
Updated: 21 days ago

Data stays local

Alternative to NVivo, ATLAS.ti

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Best free SPSS replacements5 tools

Every tool in the directory that we list as an alternative to SPSS, from point-and-click apps to R.

Point-and-click statistics and analytics6 tools

Analyse data through menus or visual workflows instead of writing code.

Thesis writing kit7 tools

Reference managers, LaTeX and Typst editors, grammar checking and an office suite for writing up.

Python research stack5 tools

Core Python libraries and editors for numerical work, statistics and notebooks.

Research tools for Mac29 tools

Tools in this directory with a native macOS version.