arXiv (independent non-profit, formerly hosted by Cornell University) · Research dissemination
Free, moderated open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, quantitative finance, economics and related fields, with an open API and bulk access
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
Git project (Software Freedom Conservancy) · Version control & code hosting
In-depth entry
Distributed version control system that records snapshots of a project's history locally and synchronizes them with remotes such as GitHub, GitLab or a bare repository over SSH
Open-source functional programming language and interactive theorem prover with dependent types, the Mathlib mathematics library and VS Code tooling, stewarded by the Lean FRO
Matplotlib Development Team (NumFOCUS) · Data visualization
The foundational Python plotting library for static, publication-quality figures with full control over every element, exported to PDF, SVG, PNG and PGF
Non-profit registry of persistent researcher identifiers (ORCID iDs) with user-controlled records, Public and Member APIs, OAuth sign-in and an annual CC0 public data file
Center for Open Science · Reproducibility & research software
Free, open-source research management platform from the Center for Open Science for projects, preregistrations, registries, preprint services and linking outputs across storage providers
Collaborative online LaTeX editor with real-time co-editing, templates and reference-manager sync, available as a hosted service and an AGPL self-hosted edition
Universal document converter that translates between Markdown, LaTeX, HTML, DOCX, EPUB, Typst, Jupyter and dozens of other formats, with citeproc and Lua filters
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
R Foundation / R Core Team · Programming languages & runtimes
Language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, with the CRAN package archive and a strong base in academic statistics and econometrics
R package that turns Markdown documents with embedded R (and Python or SQL) chunks into HTML, PDF, Word, slides, books and dashboards through knitr and Pandoc
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
The comprehensive free TeX distribution for Linux, macOS and Windows, released yearly with the tlmgr package manager and all major engines, packages and fonts
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