LabPlot — The Complete Guide: Data Analysis and Scientific Plots as a Free Origin Alternative
LabPlot is free KDE software for data analysis and scientific plots in a graphical interface: CSV and Excel import, 2D and 3D plots, curve fitting, FFT.
Guides and Articles
Vikunja — The Complete Guide: Free Task Management in List, Kanban, Gantt and Calendar Views
Vikunja is a free, open-source, self-hosted task manager: the same tasks as a list, Kanban, Gantt and calendar views, with reminders and dependencies.
Redmine — The Complete Guide: Free Issue and Change-Request Tracking for Engineering Projects
Redmine is a free, open-source issue tracker for projects: types, priorities and workflows, Gantt and calendar, time tracking, a wiki and role permissions.
Kanboard — The Complete Guide: A Simple, Free Kanban Board for a Small Engineering Office
Kanboard is a free, open-source, self-hosted Kanban board: what is in progress, waiting or done, with column limits, subtasks, time logging and flow reports.
OpenRefine — The Complete Guide: Cleaning Messy Data Tables Without Writing Code
OpenRefine is a free tool for cleaning tables: merging names written in different ways, removing duplicates, splitting columns and converting formats.
GNU TeXmacs — The Complete Guide: A Scientific Editor Where Calculation and Report Share One File
GNU TeXmacs is a free WYSIWYG scientific editor with fast equation entry, where you can open a Maxima, Octave or Python session right inside the document.
Freeplane — The Complete Guide: Free Mind Maps and Work Breakdown Trees for Engineers
Freeplane is a free tool for mind maps and tree structures: work breakdowns, fault trees, root-cause analysis and report outlines, with styles and formulas.
Dia — The Complete Guide: Free Flowcharts, Process and Network Diagrams on Your Own Computer
Dia is a light, free diagram editor that works offline: flowcharts, UML, electrical and process diagrams from symbol libraries, exported to PNG, SVG and EPS.
PyBullet — The Complete Guide: A Physics Engine for Robotics and Reinforcement Learning in Python
PyBullet wraps the Bullet physics engine in a Python API for robotics: dynamics, collisions, inverse kinematics, URDF. When MuJoCo or Gazebo fit better.
Cartographer — The Complete Guide: Real-Time SLAM in 2D and 3D
Cartographer builds a map while a robot moves through unknown space, fusing lidar, odometry and IMU and closing loops. Use with ROS, and its status.
FAARFIELD — The Complete Guide: FAA Thickness Design for Airport Pavements
FAARFIELD is the FAA’s official program for thickness design of flexible and rigid airport pavements, based on the real aircraft mix. What it computes.
Ray Optics Simulation — The Complete Guide: Light Ray Simulation in the Browser
Ray Optics Simulation shows in the browser how light passes through lenses, mirrors, prisms and fibres, in real time. Fast for learning and teaching.