Key facts
- Developers
- Macsyma group at Project MAC and volunteer contributors
- Initial release
- 1982 ; 44 years ago ( 1982 )
- Stable release
- 5.49.0 / 18 December 2025 ; 5 months ago ( 18 December 2025 )
- Written in
- Common Lisp
- Operating system
- Cross-platform
- Type
- Mathematical software
- License
- GPL
- Website
- maxima .sourceforge .io
- Repository
- sourceforge .net /p /maxima /code /ci /master /tree /
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Encyclopedic overview
Maxima (/ˈmæksɪmə/) is a free and open source software software package for performing computer algebra calculations in mathematics and the physical sciences. It is written in Common Lisp and runs on all POSIX platforms such as macOS, Unix, BSD, and Linux, as well as under Microsoft Windows and Android. It is free software released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
History
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