Science
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| Package | Description | License | wanted by | remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARPACK | Arnoldi package library | BSD-like | Scientists | Similar LAPACK, but using the Arnoldi technique to solve eigenproblems. Exists also in a parallel version (PARPACK) |
| Asymptote | Vector Graphics Drawing Program | GPL | Scientists | Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawing. |
| ATLAS | Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software | BSD-like | Scientists | Contains optimized BLAS and some LAPACK routines |
| GAP | Groups, Algorithms, Programming | GPL | Mathematicians, Students | GAP is a free system for computational discrete mathematics, in particular group theory. |
| GChemPaint | 2D chemical drawing program | GPL | Scientists | chemical drawing program. |
| gEDA | Suite of Electronic Design Automation tools | GPL | Education Engineers |
The gEDA project is working on producing a full GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools. These tools are used for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production. |
| GDL | GNU Data Language | GPL | Scientists/Engineers | Visual data-analysis software widely used is research. It fully supports netCDF files. It provides a python module and has an interface to python |
| GMT Generic Mapping Tools | Very powerful system to do geo referenced and other graphical plots | GPL | Many scientists, lots of other users needing script generated graphics | As of version 4.1 GMT is completely ready to be RPM packaged. I did all the related work and the GMT CVS now contains an up-to-date GMT.spec file, which builds the GMT packages. We are using this in our company for about 2 years now and it is working fine. GMT is the only alternative I know of, when gnuplot is not enough. No work left, only including it. Contact me in case of questions. |
| GRASS GIS version 6.x | Geographic Information System | GPL | Scientists Public authorities |
Geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. A SUSE package for version 5.x exists. |
| IT++ | Communications Engineering package | GPL | IT++ is a C++ library of mathematical, signal processing, speech processing, and communications classes and functions. | |
| JabRef | Java GUI for BibTeX databases | GPL | Scientists | JabRef is a graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the standard LaTeX bibliography reference format. JabRef is build to be platform independant (requires Java 1.4.2 or newer). |
| JGR | Java GUI for R | GPL | Scientists | JGR (speak 'Jaguar') is a universal and unified Graphical User Interface for R (it actually abbreviates Java Gui for R). |
| K3DSurf | 3D Mathematical surfaces plotter | GPL | everyone | HyperObjects generator and PovRay Modeler |
| Ktechlab | Simulator | GPL | Education, Scientists | KTechlab provides a powerful environment for electronic circuits and microcontrollers. This includes simulation of a variety of components (logic, integrated, linear, nonlinear and reactive), simulation and debugging of PIC microcontrollers via gpsim
Lots of dependencies |
| LAPACK95 | Linear Algabra Package | BSD-like | Scientists Engineers |
Fortran 95 interface to LAPACK |
| Matplotlib | Python plotting package | python-like | Anyone making plots | Python graphics routines very similar to Matlab |
| MAXIMA | Symbolic algebra system | GPL | Scientists Engineers |
Maxima is a full symbolic computation program. It is full featured doing symbolic manipulation of polynomials, matrices, rational functions, integration, Todd-coxeter, graphing, bigfloats. A Packman package exists. |
| NumPy | Python numerics package | OSI-Approved Open Source | Scientists Engineers |
Adds a fast array feature and many numerics routines (like FFTs, linear algebra) to Python. Needed for SciPy. |
| Octave-forge | Function files for Octave | GPL | Octave-forge is a library of functions that provides MATLAB compatibility to Octave. | |
| OpenCV | Open Computer Vision | GPL | Roboticists and Vision developers |
Computer vision development library. |
| OpenDX | 3D scientific visualization software | GPL | Scientists Students |
OpenDX is a package for visualization of 3D data. It features surface plots, volume plots, 3D-plots of functions and visualization of time-dependent (4D) data. It is programmable via a visual interface by connecting various functional modules for visualizing and interactively or non-interactively manipulating and browsing data. |
| Process Visualization Browser | HMI(Human Machine Interface) & SCADA(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Software | GPL | Process & Electrical Engineers | SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a category of software application program for process control, the gathering of data in real time from remote locations in order to control equipment and conditions. SCADA is used in power plants as well as in oil and gas refining, telecommunications, transportation, and water and waste control. The hardware gathers and feeds data into a computer that has SCADA software installed. The computer then processes this data and presents it in a timely manner ( HMI ). SCADA also records and logs all events into a file stored on a hard disk or sends them to a printer. SCADA warns when conditions become hazardous by sounding alarms. |
| QtiPlot | Data analysis and scientific plotting | GPL | Scientists | A Packman package exists |
| R | Environment for statistical computing and graphics | GPL | Scientists Students Statisticians |
R ("GNU S") is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques (linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.). |
| ROOT | An Object-Oriented Data Analysis Framework | GPL | Scientists | ROOT is a data analysis framework used mainly by the physics community but it has also been applied to the business sector. |
| ScaLAPACK | Parallized version of LAPACK | GPL | Scientists | For those who have a multicore computer and want to distribute eigenproblems. |
| SciGraphica | Data Analysis | GPL | Scientists Engineers |
SciGraphica is a scientific application for data analysis and technical graphics. It pretends to be a clone of the popular commercial (and expensive) application "Microcal Origin". It fully supplies plotting features for 2D, 3D and polar charts. The aim is to obtain a fully-featured, cross-plattform, user-friendly, self-growing scientific application. |
| SciPy | Python routines for mathematics, science, and engineering | Open-Source | Engineers and Scientists | Gives Python capabilites and functions similar to Matlab. |
| TKGate | Digital circuit simulator | GPL | Education | TkGate is a event driven digital circuit simulator with a tcl/tk-based graphical editor. |
| VTK | Visulation toolkit | GPL | Scientists | The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization used by thousands of researchers and developers around the world. VTK consists of a C++ class library, and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and Python. |
| wxMAXIMA | GUI for MAXIMA | GPL | Scientists Engineers |
wxMaxima is a wxWidgets GUI for the computer algebra system MAXIMA. |
| XDrawChem | 2D chemical drawing program | GPL | Scientists Chemical Engineers |
chemical drawing program. |
| gvSIG | Tool oriented to manage geographic information | GPL | Scientists Engineers |
gvSIG is characterized by a user-friendly interface, with a quick access to the most usual raster and vector formats. In the same view it includes local as well as remote data through a WMS or WFS source. |
| NAMD | Highly scalable high performance molecular dynamics package. | UIUC license | biochemists | Free for academic use and internal business use only. Check out VMD from the same group |
| ESO-MIDAS | Astronomical image processing and data analysis system. | GPL | Scientists/Astronomers | The ESO-MIDAS system provides general tools for image processing and data reduction with emphasis on astronomical applications including imaging and special reduction packages for ESO instrumentation at La Silla and the VLT at Paranal. In addition it contains applications packages for stellar and surface photometry, image sharpening and decomposition, statistics and various others. ESO-MIDAS is available under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and can be implemented on VMS, OpenVMS and UNIX (Linux) systems. |
| Moodle | A course management system | GPL | Teachers | Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. |
| fityk | fityk is a program for nonlinear fitting of analytical functions | GPL | Scientists/Engineers |
The most similar program to Fityk is probably PeakFit. |
| Package Wishlists: Base - Development - Drivers - Emulation - Eyecandy - Games - Mobile Computing - Multimedia - Network - Productivity - Science - Various - Packages that were already there |