This article spotlights alternative tools to bc.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to bc | |
|---|---|
| cpc | Text calculator with support for units and conversion |
| eva | Simple calculator REPL |
| bc-gh | Implementation of Unix dc and POSIX bc with GNU and BSD extensions |
| bcal | Storage expression calculator |
| fend | Arbitrary-precision unit-aware calculator |
| Hypercalc | Interpreted calculator program designed to calculate extremely large numbers |
| Rink | Unit-aware calculator |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to bc? Please let us know!
For more feature-laden calculators, we’ve compiled the best terminal-based Linux calculators.
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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bcal has a bc mode for general-purpose numerical calculations.
Thanks, bcal is now included.
fend is another arbitrary-precision calculator. It’s got good support for complex numbers, trig, and has an Emacs-style CLI shortcuts.
Hi Jez. Thanks for your suggestion. It’s now been added.
You could add HyperCalc
We’ve added HyperCalc. Thanks for taking the time to let us know!