RResearchAlts

Spyder

Scientific Python IDE with a MATLAB-like layout

★ Stars9.4k9,367 on GitHub
Last commit15 Oct 2026
LicenceMITSPDX, from the repository
View on GitHub ↗

From GitHub, fetched 19 Oct 2026.

Visit spyder-ide.org ↗

Spyder is a free Python IDE for scientists, with an editor, interactive console, variable explorer and plot pane laid out much like the MATLAB desktop, which makes it an easy move for MATLAB users.

Free alternative to

In collections

Related tools

Julia

Numerical computing

Fast, high-level language for technical computing

Stars
★ 49.2k
Licence
MIT
Updated

Alternative to MATLAB

NumPy

Numerical computing

The fundamental package for array computing in Python

Stars
★ 33k
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Updated

Alternative to MATLAB

JupyterLab

Data science & workflows

Web-based notebooks for code, data and narrative

Stars
★ 15.4k
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Updated

Alternative to MATLAB, Mathematica

SciPy

Numerical computing

Algorithms for scientific computing in Python

Stars
★ 15.1k
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Updated

Alternative to MATLAB

SageMath

Numerical computing

Open-source mathematics system built on Python

Stars
★ 2.6k
Licence
GPL-3.0
Updated

Alternative to Mathematica, Maple

GNU Octave

Numerical computing

Scientific programming language largely compatible with MATLAB

Stars
★ 666
Licence
GPL-3.0
Updated

Alternative to MATLAB