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ClickHouse

ClickHouse, Inc. · Analytical engines & OLAP

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Open-source columnar OLAP database server for fast aggregations over billions of rows, with MergeTree storage, SQL and a managed ClickHouse Cloud

Apache-2.0Open sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

DuckDB

DuckDB Foundation / DuckDB Labs · Analytical engines & OLAP

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In-process analytical SQL database that queries Parquet, CSV and Arrow data directly from Python, R, Node or the CLI

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

fixest

Laurent Bergé · Econometrics & causal inference

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R package for fast estimation of OLS, GLM, Poisson, IV and difference-in-differences models with many fixed effects, clustered errors, multiple estimations and publication tables

GPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Interactive Brokers API

Interactive Brokers LLC · Financial analysis & investing

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Programmatic trading and market-data access to Interactive Brokers accounts through the TWS API, the REST-based Web API and FIX

ProprietaryUsage-basedPaidLocalRedirected

pandas

pandas development team (NumFOCUS) · DataFrames & array computing

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The standard Python DataFrame library for labeled tabular data, time series and I/O to CSV, Excel, SQL, Parquet and more

BSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Pandoc

John MacFarlane · LaTeX & typesetting

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Universal document converter that translates between Markdown, LaTeX, HTML, DOCX, EPUB, Typst, Jupyter and dozens of other formats, with citeproc and Lua filters

GPL-2.0-or-laterFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Polars

Polars (Ritchie Vink and contributors) · DataFrames & array computing

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Rust-based DataFrame library with Python, Rust, Node and R bindings offering lazy query optimization, multithreading and Arrow-native memory

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Project Jupyter

Project Jupyter (NumFOCUS) · Notebooks & interactive computing

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Open-source computational notebook ecosystem: the .ipynb format, kernels for Python, R and Julia, JupyterLab and Notebook interfaces and JupyterHub

BSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Python

Python Software Foundation · Programming languages & runtimes

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General-purpose, dynamically typed programming language with a large standard library and the dominant ecosystem for data science and machine learning

PSF-2.0Open sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedBroken

QuantConnect

QuantConnect Corporation · Financial analysis & investing

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Algorithmic trading platform built on the open-source LEAN engine, with cloud backtesting, research notebooks and brokerage-connected live trading

Apache-2.0FreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

QuantLib

QuantLib project (Luigi Ballabio and contributors) · Financial analysis & investing

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Open-source C++ library for quantitative finance covering instruments, term structures, pricing engines and calendars, with Python and other bindings

BSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Quarto

Posit Software, PBC · Academic writing & publishing

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Open-source scientific publishing system from Posit that renders Markdown with executable Python, R, Julia or Observable code to HTML, PDF, Word, slides, websites and books via Pandoc

MITFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

statsmodels

statsmodels developers (NumFOCUS) · Econometrics & causal inference

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Python library for estimating statistical and econometric models with R-style formulas, rich result summaries and tests: OLS, GLM, discrete choice, ARIMA, state space, VAR and more

BSD-3-ClauseFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

TeX Live

TeX Users Group (TUG) · LaTeX & typesetting

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The comprehensive free TeX distribution for Linux, macOS and Windows, released yearly with the tlmgr package manager and all major engines, packages and fonts

Open sourceFreeOpen sourceLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Typst

Typst GmbH · LaTeX & typesetting

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Markup-based typesetting system with an Apache-2.0 compiler written in Rust and a collaborative web app, positioned as a faster, simpler alternative to LaTeX

Apache-2.0FreeOpen sourceLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Zotero

Corporation for Digital Scholarship · Citation management

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Free, open-source reference manager with browser connectors, word-processor plugins, a PDF reader, group libraries and optional paid file storage

AGPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

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