Top 15 Public Library of Science Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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1. OpenCFU

OpenCFU OpenCFU is a completely open source lightweight application designed to enumerate clustered circular objects such as bacterial colonies. It can handle digital pictures as well as live stream from a video device/webcam. OpenCFU is cross-platform, fast, reliable and allows the user to implement intuitive filters.Additional information is provided on the......

2. Sparrho

Sparrho Never miss the science that matters to you.......

3. Benchling

Benchling Benchling is a life science data management and collaboration platform.......

4. OpalCalc

OpalCalc OpalCalc is a brand new type of calculator for the PC. As easy to use as Notepad or a word processor, OpalCalc allows natural language in the sum and multi-line support so you can go back and adjust your previous calculations on the fly.For years, PC calculators have been trying......

5. Progress Thru Processors

Progress Thru Processors Progress Thru Processors is a customized version of the BOINC software designed to simplify installation and participation by the average computer user which is designed to integrate with Facebook to allow joining through Facebook.The Progress Thru Processors software upon installation attaches to the GridRepublic account manager to join and manage......

6. Folding@home

Folding@home Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems......

7. Daniel’s XL Toolbox

Daniel’s XL Toolbox Daniel’s XL Toolbox is a free, open-source add-in for the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software that helps you to analyze and present data and increases your productivity. Its target audience are life scientists, but it has proven useful for industry as well. The XL Toolbox is released under the GNU General......

8. WebElements

WebElements WebElements is a site created back in the 90s which has dozens of pages of data on each chemical element.......

9. Lernabit

Lernabit Lernabit provides free 5-10 minute lectures about science and critical thinking. These short lectures are known as "Bits", and their audio-only format makes them accessible while doing other activities like exercising, cleaning, or commuting.While some features do require an account, the main goal is to make education accessible, which is......

10. ScientificPlotter

ScientificPlotter ScientificPlotter - A new experience of science in your pocketScientificPlotter is an enhanced calculator which gives you also the ability to plot functions in various spaces like Cartesian, polar or parametric space. Features of ScientificPlotter• calculator both standard and scientific• all in real and imaginary space• plot functions either Cartesian,......

11. Charity Engine

Charity Engine Charity Engine takes enormous, expensive computing jobs and chops them into 1000s of small pieces, each simple enough for a home PC to work on as a background task. Once each PC has finished its part of the puzzle, it sends back the correct answer and earns some money for......

12. Colony Counter (manual count)

Colony Counter (manual count) The colony counter for bacterial colony counting.You can use this app on smartphones and tablets.How to use1. Touch camera icon to shoot a colony image ( petri dish etc.. )2. Select count marker ( from 5 color marker )3. Touch colonies on the image. You can erase(scratch) marker with eraser......

13. BiorhythmX

BiorhythmX Biorhythms are a method to predict three cycles in your life based on your birthday.These cycles are the physical (23 days), emotional (28 days) and intellectual (33 days) cycle.Each of these cycles goes through different phases: high, low and critical.Some features:Takes the birthdates from your AddressBookWrite and read personal list......

14. HFM-NET

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15. OpenSesame

OpenSesame OpenSesame is a graphical, open-source experiment builder for the social sciences. It sports a modern and intuitive user interface that allows you to build complex experiments with a minimum of effort. With OpenSesame you can create a wide range of experiments: Psychophysics, reaction time tasks, and questionnaires, to name but......