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Rtools alternatives

Rtools is a toolchain bundle used for building R packages from source (those that need compilation of C/C++ or Fortran code) and for building R itself.

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12 Windows apps in the same category as Rtools, ranked by what they have in common and by popularity.

  • Stellarium

    A free open source planetarium for your computer.

    Open source 26.3 118K ↓ ★ 10.1K admin
  • KiCad

    A Cross Platform and Open Source Electronics Design Automation Suite

    Open source 10.0.6 126.7K ↓ ★ 3.1K admin
  • Quarto

    Quarto® is an open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc

    Open source 1.10.19 46K ↓ ★ 6.1K statistics
  • JASP

    A Fresh Way to Do Statistics

    Open source 0.99.0 12.2K ↓ ★ 1K admin, statistics
  • Qalculate!

    A highly versatile desktop calculator, with support for units, physical constants, uncertainty propagation, symbolic calculations, etc.

    Open source 5.13.2 50.3K ↓ ★ 2.7K
  • OpenChrom

    Open Source software for chromatography, spectrometry and spectroscopy

    Open source 1.6.38 24.6K ↓ ★ 135
  • scilab

    Scilab is free and open source software for numerical computation providing a powerful computing environment for engineering and scientific applications.

    Open source 2025.0.0 28.6K ↓ admin, mathematics
  • Klayout - Layout Viewer And Editor

    KLayout is a GDS and OASIS file viewer.

    Open source 0.30.12 17.7K ↓ ★ 1.2K
  • gnuplot

    Interactive function plotting utility

    Other licence 6.0 patchlevel 4 3.7K ↓ mathematics
  • Avogadro

    Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible rendering and a powerful plugin architecture.

    Open source 1.2.0 5.5K ↓ ★ 79
  • fend

    Arbitrary-precision unit-aware calculator

    Open source 1.5.9 5.9K ↓ ★ 1.1K
  • nteract

    nteract is an open-source organization committed to creating fantastic interactive computing experiences that allow people to collaborate with ease.

    Open source 0.28.0 18K ↓ ★ 184 admin, statistics

Comparison

AppLicenceVersionUpdatedGitHub starsChocolatey downloads
Rtools Open source 4.5.6768 February 7, 2026 — 581.1K
Stellarium Open source 26.3 September 28, 2026 10.1K 118K
KiCad Open source 10.0.6 August 30, 2026 3.1K 126.7K
Quarto Open source 1.10.19 October 6, 2026 6.1K 46K
JASP Open source 0.99.0 October 21, 2026 1K 12.2K
Qalculate! Open source 5.13.2 October 11, 2026 2.7K 50.3K
OpenChrom Open source 1.6.38 October 23, 2026 135 24.6K
scilab Open source 2025.0.0 April 30, 2025 — 28.6K
Klayout - Layout Viewer And Editor Open source 0.30.12 August 26, 2026 1.2K 17.7K
gnuplot Other licence 6.0 patchlevel 4 December 24, 2025 — 3.7K
Avogadro Open source 1.2.0 November 5, 2021 79 5.5K
fend Open source 1.5.9 October 21, 2026 1.1K 5.9K
nteract Open source 0.28.0 September 7, 2021 184 18K