Software tools

On this page, you will find a list of useful publicly available software tools, for data analysis, graphical display, etc.

Emulation

• XQuartz X-window system for Mac
• PuTTY Telnet/SSH client for Windows and Unix

Numerical tools and libraries

• Octave, a free alternative to Matlab
• Python, a full featured programming environment

Mathematical tools

• Mathics, a free alternative to Mathematica

Graphical tools

• GNUplot, also see gnuplotting.org, for producing graphs from data
• GIMP, graphics editor
• InkScape, vector graphics editor

Text editing tools

• LaTeX
  • TeXShop, complete LaTeX + BibTeX package, for Mac
  • BibDesk, bibliography manager, for Mac
  • LaTeXiT, compiles LaTeX formulas for presentations, for Mac
• Emacs, powerful plain text editor
• TextWrangler, powerful plain text editor, for Mac
• LibreOffice, office suite of programs

See also

• Digital tools for researchers