| Software | Category | License |
|---|
| Apophysis[1] | Fractal art | GPL |
| Chaotica[2] | Fractal art | Proprietary |
| Electric Sheep | Fractal art | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| FractalNow[3] | Fractal art | GPL |
| Fractint | Fractal art | Public domain |
| Fragmentarium / FragM[4] | Fractal art | GPL-3.0 |
| Fyre | Fractal art | GPL-3.0 |
| Mandelbulb | Fractal art | Proprietary freeware |
| MilkDrop | Fractal art | BSD |
| openPlaG | Fractal art | GPL-2.0 |
| Ultra Fractal | Fractal art | Proprietary |
| XaoS | Fractal art | GPL |
| R,[5] rayrender, R Mandelbrot sets, aRtsy, mathart | Fractal / Mandelbrot set / Parametric plots | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Sterling | Fractal generation | GPL-3.0 |
| Bryce | Fractal landscape | Proprietary |
| Picogen | Fractal landscape | GPL-3.0 |
| Terragen | Fractal landscape | Proprietary |
| GeoGebra | Parametric & Implicit Equation Art | GPL |
| Desmos[6][7] | Parametric & Implicit Equation Art | Proprietary freeware |
| Grapher | Parametric & Implicit Equation Art | Proprietary |
| Winplot | Parametric & Implicit Equation Art | Proprietary freeware |
| Cinder | Generative art, algorithmic visuals, patterns | BSD |
| Processing[8] | Algorithmic / Generative Art | GPL |
| OpenFrameworks | Generative art | MIT |
| Grasshopper 3D[9] | Algorithmic design / Procedural modeling | Proprietary |
| P5.js[10] | Algorithmic / Generative Art | MIT |
| Python Turtle graphics[11] | Algorithmic / Generative Art | PSF License |
| matplotlib | Mathematical plotting | PSF |
| gnuplot | 2D and 3D plotting | Various |
| Inkscape spirograph, WriteTeX, or TexText | Geometric & Tessellation Art | GPL |
| Blender Python plugin scripts[12] | Topological Art | GPL |
| Wolfram Mathematica[13] | Topological Art | Proprietary |
| Houdini | Procedural / Simulation-Based Art | Proprietary |
| MATLAB | Procedural / Simulation-Based Art | Proprietary |
| Shadertoy / GLSL | Procedural | |
| TouchDesigner | Procedural / Simulation-Based Art | Proprietary (free/non-commercial version available) |
| Unity (with math plugins)[14][15][16][17][18] | Procedural / Simulation-Based Art | Proprietary |
| LaTeX (PGF/TikZ, PGFPlots)[19] | Mathematical Typography / TeX-Based Art | LaTeX Project Public License |
| Manim | Mathematical animation | MIT |
| D3.js[20] | Data visualizations | BSD-3-Clause |
| 3D-XplorMath-J | Mathematical visualization | BSD-3-clause |
| Maxima | Mathematical visualization | GPL |
| SageMath | Mathematical visualization | GPLv3 |
| SymPy | Symbolic arithmetic | BSD |
| Wolfram Mathematica & Wolfram Language | Mathematical visuals and others | Proprietary commercial |
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