# ResearchAlts

> Directory of free and open-source alternatives to SPSS, Stata, MATLAB, NVivo, EndNote, Mendeley and other academic research software.

ResearchAlts lists free research software with repository stars, last-commit dates and licences fetched from public forges. Pages stay small (no heavy JS frameworks). Top Pick placements are labelled paid slots; paying never changes facts shown.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://researchalts.com/): search and browse 37 listings
- [Alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/): “alternatives to” pages for paid tools
- [Categories](https://researchalts.com/categories/): 9 categories
- [Collections](https://researchalts.com/collections/): curated groups
- [Resources](https://researchalts.com/resources/): choosing and switching guides
- [Newsletter](https://researchalts.com/newsletter/): Every Monday: one paid research tool, the free alternative we'd try first, and how to move your files across. Plus any tools added to ResearchAlts that week.
- [Advertise / Top Pick](https://researchalts.com/advertise/): labelled £39/month placement (Alts Directories)
- [Submit a tool](https://researchalts.com/submit/)
- [About](https://researchalts.com/about/)
- [Privacy](https://researchalts.com/privacy/)
- [Sitemap](https://researchalts.com/sitemap.xml)

## Popular alternatives pages
- [MATLAB alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/matlab/): 8 options
- [SAS alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/sas/): 5 options
- [SPSS alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/spss/): 5 options
- [Stata alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/stata/): 5 options
- [E-Prime alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/e-prime/): 3 options
- [Mathematica alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/mathematica/): 3 options
- [MAXQDA alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/maxqda/): 3 options
- [NVivo alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/nvivo/): 3 options
- [Overleaf Premium alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/overleaf-premium/): 3 options
- [ATLAS.ti alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/atlas-ti/): 2 options
- [EndNote alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/endnote/): 2 options
- [GraphPad Prism alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/graphpad-prism/): 2 options
- [All alternatives](https://researchalts.com/alternatives/)

## Categories
- [Numerical computing](https://researchalts.com/categories/numerical-computing/): 8 tools
- [Statistics](https://researchalts.com/categories/statistics/): 7 tools
- [Writing & typesetting](https://researchalts.com/categories/writing-and-typesetting/): 5 tools
- [Surveys & experiments](https://researchalts.com/categories/surveys-and-experiments/): 5 tools
- [Qualitative analysis](https://researchalts.com/categories/qualitative-analysis/): 3 tools
- [Data science & workflows](https://researchalts.com/categories/data-science/): 3 tools
- [Reference management](https://researchalts.com/categories/reference-management/): 2 tools
- [Plotting & graphing](https://researchalts.com/categories/plotting/): 2 tools
- [Image analysis](https://researchalts.com/categories/image-analysis/): 2 tools

## Tools by repository stars (sample)
- [Typst](https://researchalts.com/tools/typst/): ★ 56.7k, last commit 2026-10-16, Apache-2.0
- [Julia](https://researchalts.com/tools/julia/): ★ 49.2k, last commit 2026-10-19, MIT
- [NumPy](https://researchalts.com/tools/numpy/): ★ 33k, last commit 2026-10-18, BSD-3-Clause
- [Overleaf Community Edition](https://researchalts.com/tools/overleaf-ce/): ★ 18.3k, last commit 2026-09-17, AGPL-3.0
- [Zotero](https://researchalts.com/tools/zotero/): ★ 15.7k, last commit 2026-10-15, AGPL-3.0
- [JupyterLab](https://researchalts.com/tools/jupyterlab/): ★ 15.4k, last commit 2026-10-16, BSD-3-Clause
- [LanguageTool](https://researchalts.com/tools/languagetool/): ★ 15.2k, last commit 2026-10-19, LGPL-2.1
- [SciPy](https://researchalts.com/tools/scipy/): ★ 15.1k, last commit 2026-10-18, BSD-3-Clause
- [statsmodels](https://researchalts.com/tools/statsmodels/): ★ 11.7k, last commit 2026-10-19, BSD-3-Clause
- [Spyder](https://researchalts.com/tools/spyder/): ★ 9.4k, last commit 2026-10-15, MIT
- [Orange](https://researchalts.com/tools/orange/): ★ 5.7k, last commit 2026-10-13, GPL-3.0
- [RStudio Desktop](https://researchalts.com/tools/rstudio/): ★ 5.1k, last commit 2026-10-18, AGPL-3.0
- [Search all tools](https://researchalts.com/search/)

## Optional
- Contact: submit@researchalts.com
- Stats last fetched: 2026-10-19
- Built: 2026-10-19
- This file: https://researchalts.com/llms.txt