Mathics
A free, open-source alternative to Mathematica®
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 features:
- terminal interaction using either
prompt_toolkit
or GNU Readline. This includes
- saving command history between sessions
-
variable completion, even for symbol names like
\[Sigma] - limited ESC keyboard input; for example ESC+p+ESC is π
- 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.
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 .
