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Maxima vs PARI/GP: catalog facts
Maxima	PARI/GP
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free software under the GPL version 2 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web, Command line
Broad symbolic maths: calculus, ODEs, linear algebra, tensors Exact and arbitrary-precision arithmetic	Fast number theory computations Interactive shell and scripting language
The core program is a plain terminal interface Lisp heritage and syntax take some learning	Command-line interface with a learning curve Focused on number theory rather than general symbolic math
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	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 2, 2026

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