List of Mathematical Art Software
SoftwareCategoryLicense
ApophysisFractal artGPL
ChaoticaFractal artProprietary
Electric SheepFractal artGPL-2.0-or-later
FractalNowFractal artGPL
FractintFractal artPublic domain
/Fractal artGPL-3.0
Equation art & Fractal artFree and open-source software
FyreFractal artGPL-3.0
Fractal artGPL-3.0
MilkDropFractal artBSD
openPlaGFractal artGPL-2.0
Ultra FractalFractal artProprietary
XaoSFractal artGPL
R, , R Mandelbrot sets, ,Fractal / Mandelbrot set / Parametric plotsGPL-2.0-or-later
SterlingFractal generationGPL-3.0
BryceFractal landscapeProprietary
PicogenFractal landscapeGPL-3.0
TerragenFractal landscapeProprietary
GeoGebraParametric & Implicit Equation ArtGPL
DesmosParametric & Implicit Equation ArtProprietary freeware
GrapherParametric & Implicit Equation ArtProprietary
WinplotParametric & Implicit Equation ArtProprietary freeware
CinderGenerative art, algorithmic visuals, patternsBSD
ProcessingAlgorithmic / Generative ArtGPL
OpenFrameworksGenerative artMIT
Grasshopper 3DAlgorithmic design / Procedural modelingProprietary
P5.jsAlgorithmic / Generative ArtMIT
Python Turtle graphicsAlgorithmic / Generative ArtPSF License
matplotlibMathematical plottingPSF
gnuplot2D and 3D plottingVarious
Inkscape spirograph, WriteTeX, or TexTextGeometric & Tessellation ArtGPL
Blender Python plugin scriptsTopological ArtGPL
Wolfram MathematicaTopological ArtProprietary
HoudiniProcedural / Simulation-Based ArtProprietary
MATLABProcedural / Simulation-Based ArtProprietary
Shadertoy / GLSLProceduralWeb app
TouchDesignerProcedural / Simulation-Based ArtProprietary (free/non-commercial version available)
Unity (with math plugins)Procedural / Simulation-Based ArtProprietary
LaTeX (PGF/TikZ, PGFPlots)Mathematical Typography / TeX-Based ArtLaTeX Project Public License
ManimMathematical animationMIT
D3.jsData visualizationsBSD-3-Clause
Mathematical visualizationBSD-3-clause
MaximaMathematical visualizationGPL
SageMathMathematical visualizationGPLv3
SymPySymbolic arithmeticBSD
Wolfram Mathematica & Wolfram LanguageMathematical visuals and othersProprietary commercial
LogoEducational turtle graphicsfreeware

Gallery

Trefoil knot, created with a parametric equation and ray traced in Python.

See also