List of statistical software
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Statistical software are specialized computer programs for statistical analysis and econometric analysis.
Open-source statistical packages

- ADaMSoft – a generalized statistical software with data mining algorithms and methods for data management
- ADMB – a software suite for non-linear statistical modeling based on C++ which uses automatic differentiation
- Bayesian Filtering Library
- Chronux – for neurobiological time series data
- CBEcon – web-based econometrics and statistical software
- DAP (software) – free replacement for SAS
- ELKI a software framework for development of data mining algorithms in Java.
- Fityk – nonlinear regression software (GUI and command line)
- GNU Octave – programming language very similar to MATLAB with statistical features
- gretl – gnu regression, econometrics and time-series library
- intrinsic Noise Analyzer (iNA) – analysis of intrinsic fluctuations in biochemical systems
- Just another Gibbs sampler (JAGS) – a program for analysis of Bayesian hierarchical models using Markov chain Monte Carlo developed by Martyn Plummer. It is similar to WinBUGS.
- JMulTi
- LIBSVM – C++ support vector machine libraries
- MLPACK (C++ library) – open-source library for machine learning, exploiting C++ language features to provide maximum performance and flexibility while providing a simple and consistent API
- Mondrian (software) – data analysis tool using interactive statistical graphics with a link to R.
- Neurophysiological Biomarker Toolbox - Matlab toolbox for data-mining of neurophysiological biomarkers.
- OpenBUGS
- OpenEpi – A web-based, open-source, operating-independent series of programs for use in epidemiology and statistics based on JavaScript and HTML
- OpenNN – A software library for neural networks written in the C++ programming language.
- OpenMx – A package for structural equation modeling running in R (programming language).
- Orange (software), a machine learning and bioinformatics software
- Pandas (software) – HPC data structures and data analysis tools for Python in Python and Cython (statsmodels, scikit-learn)
- Perl Data Language – Scientific computing with Perl
- Ploticus – software for generating a variety of graphs from raw data
- PSPP – A free software alternative to IBM SPSS Statistics
- R (programming language) – free implementation of the S (programming language)
- Programming with Big Data in R (pbdR) - a series of R (programming language) packages enhanced by SPMD parallelism for big data analysis
- R Commander – GUI interface for R
- Rattle GUI – GUI interface for R
- RStudio – GUI interface and development environment for R
- RapidMiner – machine learning toolbox
- Revolution Analytics – production-grade software for the enterprise big data analytics
- ROOT – an open-source C++ system for data storage, processing and analysis, developed by CERN and used to find the Higgs boson
- Salstat - menu-driven statistics software
- SCaViS – Java-based statistical analysis framework for scientists and engineers. It includes an advanced IDE and Jython shell
- Scilab – uses GPL-compatible CeCILL license
- SciPy – Python library for scientific computing that contains the stats sub-package which is partly based on the venerable |STAT (a.k.a. PipeStat, formerly UNIX|STAT) software
- scikit-learn - extends SciPy with a host of machine learning models (classification, clustering, regression, etc.)
- statsmodels - extends SciPy with statistical models and tests (regression, plotting, example datasets, GLM, time series analysis, ARMA, VAR, Non-parametric statistics, ANOVA, empirical likelihood)
- Shogun (toolbox) – open-source, large-scale machine learning toolbox that provides several SVM (Support Vector Machine) implementations (like libSVM, SVMlight) under a common framework and interfaces to Octave, MATLAB, Python, R
- Simfit – simulation, curve fitting, statistics, and plotting
- SOCR
- SOFA Statistics – desktop GUI program focused on ease of use, learn as you go, and beautiful output.
- Stan (software) – open-source package for obtaining Bayesian inference using the No-U-Turn sampler, a variant of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. It’s somewhat like BUGS, but with a different language for expressing models and a different sampler for sampling from their posteriors.
- Statistical Lab – R-based and focusing on educational purposes
- Torch (machine learning) – a deep learning software library written in Lua (programming language)
- Weka (machine learning) – a suite of machine learning software written at the University of Waikato
- Xlisp-stat
In the public domain
Freeware
- BV4.1
- GeoDA
- IDAMS/WinIDAMS
- MINUIT
- Statistics101 – Resampling, Bootstrap, Monte Carlo Simulation program. Written in Java to run on any operating system.
- WinBUGS – Bayesian analysis using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
- Winpepi – package of statistical programs for epidemiologists
Proprietary statistical packages
- Analytica - visual analytics and statistics package
- Angoss - products KnowledgeSEEKER and KnowledgeSTUDIO incorporate several data mining algorithms
- ASReml – for restricted maximum likelihood analyses
- BMDP – general statistics package
- Data Applied – for building statistical models
- DB Lytix - 800+ in-database models
- EViews – for econometric analysis
- FAME (database) – a system for managing time-series databases
- GAUSS – programming language for statistics
- Genedata – software solution for integration and interpretation of experimental data in the life science R&D
- GenStat – general statistics package
- GLIM (software) – early package for fitting generalized linear models
- GraphPad InStat – very simple with lots of guidance and explanations
- GraphPad Prism – Biostatistics and nonlinear regression with clear explanations
- IMSL Numerical Libraries – software library with statistical algorithms
- JMP (application software) – visual analysis and statistics package
- LIMDEP – comprehensive statistics and econometrics package
- LISREL – statistics package used in structural equation modeling
- Maple – programming language with statistical features
- Mathematica – programming language with statistical features
- MATLAB – programming language with statistical features
- MedCalc – for biomedical sciences
- Minitab – general statistics package
- MLwiN – multilevel models (free to UK academics)
- NAG Numerical Library – comprehensive math and statistics library
- NCSS – general statistics package
- NLOGIT – comprehensive statistics and econometrics package
- NMath Stats – statistical package for .NET Framework
- O-Matrix – programming language
- OriginPro – statistics and graphing, programming access to NAG library
- Partek – general statistics package with specific applications for genomic, HTS, and QSAR data.
- Plotly – Plotting library and styling interface for analyzing data and creating browser-based graphs. Available for R, Python, MATLAB, Julia, and Perl.
- Primer-E Primer – environmental and ecological specific.
- PV-WAVE – programming language comprehensive data analysis and visualization with IMSL statistical package
- Qlucore Omics Explorer - interactive and visual data analysis software
- Quantum Programming Language – part of the SPSS MR product line, mostly for data validation and tabulation in Marketing and Opinion Research
- Regression Analysis of Time Series (RATS) – comprehensive econometric analysis package
- SAS (software) – comprehensive statistical package
- SHAZAM (Econometrics and Statistics Software) – comprehensive econometrics and statistics package
- Simul - econometric tool for multidimensional (multi-sectoral, multi-regional) modeling
- SigmaStat – for group analysis
- SmartPLS - statistics package used in structural equation modeling
- SOCR – online tools for teaching statistics and probability theory
- Speakeasy (computational environment) – numerical computational environment and programming language with many statistical and econometric analysis features
- SPSS – comprehensive statistics package that stands for "Statistical Package for the Social Sciences"
- SPSS Modeler – comprehensive data mining and text analytics workbench
- Stata – comprehensive statistics package
- Statgraphics – general statistics package
- STATISTICA – comprehensive statistics package
- StatsDirect – statistics package designed for biomedical, public health and general health science uses
- StatXact – package for exact nonparametric and parametric statistics
- Systat – general statistics package
- SuperCROSS comprehensive statistics package with ad-hoc, cross tabulation analysis
- S-PLUS – general statistics package
- Unistat – general statistics package that can also work as Excel add-in
- The Unscrambler (free-to-try commercial multivariate analysis software for Windows)
- World Programming System (WPS) – statistical package that supports the SAS language
- XploRe
Statistical add-ons
- Analyse-it – add-on to Microsoft Excel for statistical analysis
- NumXL – add-on to Microsoft Excel for statistical and time series analysis
- SigmaXL – add-on to Microsoft Excel for statistical and graphical analysis
- SPC XL – add-on to Microsoft Excel for general statistics
- Stats Helper – add-on to Microsoft Excel for descriptive statistics and Six Sigma
- SUDAAN – add-on to SAS and SPSS for statistical survey
- Total Access Statistics[1] - add-on to Microsoft Access for descriptive, non-parametric, group, and financial statistical analysis
- XLfit add-on to Microsoft Excel for curve fitting and statistical analysis
See also
- Comparison of statistical packages
- Econometric software
- Free statistical software
- List of computer algebra systems
- List of graphing software
- List of numerical analysis software
- List of numerical libraries
- Mathematical software
- Psychometric software