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Maxima vs Yacas: catalog facts
Maxima	Yacas
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Yacas is open source under the LGPL-2.1 license.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Broad symbolic maths: calculus, ODEs, linear algebra, tensors Exact and arbitrary-precision arithmetic	Supports symbolic algebra and arbitrary-precision numerical work Uses an extensible scripting language
The core program is a plain terminal interface Lisp heritage and syntax take some learning	Uses its own scripting language
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: LGPL-2.1
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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