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bc vs eva: catalog facts
bc	eva
Free Free and open source under the BSD 2-Clause license.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Implements POSIX bc with GNU extensions Includes dc functionality	Interactive REPL or one-off expressions from the command line Syntax highlighting and persistent history
Uses a command-line interface	No packaged releases on GitHub A plain calculator, not a full programming language like bc
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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