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nteract vs Cantor: catalog facts
nteract	Cantor
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.	Free Free KDE application.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
Opens notebooks as native desktop documents No browser-based server to launch	One worksheet interface for many maths and statistics backends Supports Maxima, R, Octave, Python, Sage and more
Requires compatible Jupyter kernels installed Niche compared with browser-based Jupyter	The backends themselves must be installed separately Less widely used than Jupyter notebooks
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
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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