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Cantor vs wxMaxima: catalog facts
Cantor	wxMaxima
Free Free KDE application.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 or later licence.
Windows, Linux	Linux
One worksheet interface for many maths and statistics backends Supports Maxima, R, Octave, Python, Sage and more	Menus and dialogs for common Maxima commands Inline plots and simple animations
The backends themselves must be installed separately Less widely used than Jupyter notebooks	Still requires learning Maxima for advanced work Interface is functional rather than modern
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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