List of educational software
This is a list of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning.
Educational software by subject
[Amateur radio]
Anatomy">Computational anatomy">Anatomy
- 3D Indiana
- Anatomography
- Bodyworks Voyager - Mission in Anatomy
- NeuroNames
- Neuroscience Information Framework
- Primal Pictures
- Visible Human Project
- ZygoteBody
[Astronomy]
- Aladin Sky Atlas
- Astropy
- Cartes du Ciel
- Celestia
- Deep-Sky Planner
- FITS Liberator
- Gaia Sky
- Google Sky
- HNSKY
- IRAF
- KStars
- SpaceEngine
- Stellarium
- TOPCAT
- Universe Sandbox
- WorldWide Telescope
[Aviation]
- Adacel
- Air Traffic Controller
- DiSTI
- Digital Combat Simulator
- International Virtual Aviation Organisation
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Mechtronix
- SkyRadar
- Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network
Biology">Computational biology">Biology
- Biostatistics tools
Business and finance
Calculators
Chemistry">Computational chemistry">Chemistry
- Aqion — simulates water chemistry
- Chemaxon
- ChemWindow
- JChemPaint
- NWChem
- Overleaf — web-app that uses LaTeX Chemfig for chemical structure diagrams and does chemistry notation using mhchem
- PhET Interactive Simulations
- Spartan
- XDrawChem
Children's software
- Bobo Explores Light
- ClueFinders titles
- Delta Drawing
- Edmark
- Fun School titles
- GCompris — free software
- Gold Series
- JumpStart titles
- Kiwaka
- KidPix
- Museum Madness
- Ozzie series
- Reader Rabbit titles
- Tux Paint — free software
- Zoombinis titles
Computer science
Software
- Alice
- BlueJ
- Ch
- CircuitPython
- Code.org
- CodeCombat
- Codewars
- EarSketch
- Etoys
- GitHub Codespaces
- H5P
- Hackety Hack
- JFLAP — Java Formal language and Automata Package
- Kojo
- Little Computer 3
- MIT App Inventor
- Racket
- RoboMind
- Scratch
- Smalltalk — Squeak and Pharo
- Swift Playgrounds
- VPython
- Wikitext — markup language used to edit Wikipedia, can learn using the wikipedia:Sandbox.
Hardware
- Arduino
- Fritzing
- Raspberry Pi
- Tinkercad Circuits
- List of open-source robotics hardware projects
[Chat bots]
- ChatGPT — OpenAI
- DeepSeek
- Gemini — Google
- Grok — xAI
- Khanmigo — Khan Academy
- Microsoft Copilot
[Cryptography]
- Bouncy Castle
- CrypTool — illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts
Dictionaries and reference
- Britannica
- Encarta
- Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite
[Digital art]
- Adobe Fresco
- Affinity Designer
- Blender
- GIMP
- Krita
- Pixelmator Pro
- Procreate
Economics">Computational economics">Economics
- Aplia
- CORE Econ
- Rmetrics
Engineering">Computational engineering">Engineering
- Chemistry software
- Construction software
- Comparison of electronic design automation software
- Comparison of electromagnetic simulation software
- Comparison of numerical-analysis software
- Comparison of optimization software
- Comparison of system dynamics software
- List of 3D modeling software
- List of aerospace engineering software
- List of BIM software
- List of bioinformatics software
- List of chemical process simulators
- List of computational fluid dynamics software
- List of computer-aided engineering software
- List of computer-aided manufacturing software
- List of computer simulation software
- List of data science software
- List of discrete event simulation software
- List of electrical engineering software
- List of free electronics circuit simulators
- List of HDL simulators
- List of numerical-analysis software
- List of scientific simulation software
- List of software for nanostructures modeling
- List of software for nuclear engineering
- List of structural engineering software
- Lists of mathematical software
- Physics software
- Power engineering software
- Wind energy software
Geography
- Cartopedia: The Ultimate World Reference Atlas
- Google Earth —
- QGIS — open-source geographic information system software
- Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America — a game that teaches geography to children
- Where is Carmen Sandiego? game series
Health
- TeachAids
- SonoSim
- EMCrit
- EthosCE
- Free Open Access Medical education resources
- Learning Resource Server Medicine
History
- Encyclopedia Encarta Timeline
- Euratlas
- Back in Time
- Balance of Power
- Lemonade Stand
- Number Munchers
- Odell Lake
- Spellevator
- Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game
- Word Munchers
Home Schooling
- ABCmouse
- Abeka
- CK-12
- Connections Academy
- DreamBox Learning
- Edgenuity
- FlexBook
- GCompris
- Khan Academy
- Mathletics
- Penn Foster High School
- Prodigy
- Time4Learning
Journalism">Computational journalism">Journalism
Law">Computational law">Law
- CALI
- DoNotPay
- Free Law Project
- Wex
- JurisPedia
- AltLaw
- Ravel Law
- WIPO Lex
Language">Computer-assisted language learning">Language
Managed learning environments
- ATutor
- Blackboard Inc.
- Chamilo
- Claroline
- eCollege
- eFront
- Fle3
- GCompris
- Google Classroom
- ILIAS
- Kannu
- LON-CAPA — free software
- Moodle — free software
- OLAT — free software
- Renaissance Place
- Sakai Project — free software
- WebAssign
Material science">Computational materials science">Material science
- FLEUR
- Materials Studio
- MPMC
Mathematics
- Accelerated Math — progress tracking software
- Cantor
- Compu-Math: Fractions — digital tutorials
- DrGeo — interactive geometry software
- Geogebra
- The Geometer's Sketchpad
- Maple
- Matlab / GNU Octave
- Mathematica
- Matheass
- Math Blaster
- Microsoft Mathematics
- MathFacts in a Flash
- SAGE — free software
- TK Solver
- Tux, of Math Command — free software
- Zearn — online K-8 digital math curriculum
Physics">Computational physics">Physics
- Open Source Physics
Mapping
- ArcGIS Online — Esri's cloud-based mapping and spatial analysis platform
- — web-based interactive maps
- Google Earth Engine
- Google Sheets — choropleth maps from data tables
- QGIS — GIS software that is free and open-source, using GeoJSON, Shapefile, CSV data points to creat maps.
- OpenStreetMap — open map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration
- Leaflet — JavaScript library used to build web mapping applications
Military
- Interactive Scenario Builder
- Pythagoras ABM
- Digital Combat Simulator
Massive open online course providers
Free / open-access
- Alison
- FUN
- Khan Academy
- MIT OCW
- OpenSAP
- Stanford Online
- SWAYAM
Proprietary / commercial
- Canvas Network
- Coursera
- edX
- FutureLearn
- iversity
- Kadenze
- LinkedIn Learning
- OpenClassrooms
- openHPI
- OpenLearning
- Open Universities Australia
- Shaw Academy
- The Great Courses
- Udacity
- Udemy
Music
- Comparison of music education software
- EarMaster
- List of guitar tablature software
- MuseScore
- Syntorial
- Yousician
Philosophy">Computational philosophy">Philosophy
- Araucaria
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Kialo
- PhilPapers
- Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Wireless Philosophy
[Physical fitness]
Political science">Computational politics">Political science
- iCivics
Reading
- Accelerated Reader
- Apple Books
- AutoTutor
- Bookshare
- Compu-Read
- DISTAR
- DreamBox Learning
- GCompris
- Google Play Books
- Hooked on Phonics
- Kurzweil Educational Systems
- Learning Ally
- MobyMax
- Newsela
- Open Library
- READ 180
- Reading Eggs
- STAR
Science
- Betty's Brain
- Science Sleuths
Simulation
Simulation games
- Caesar titles
- Capitalism
- Civilization
- The Oregon Trail
- Sid Meier's Colonization
- SimCity
- ''Zoo Tycoon''
Spaced Repetition
- Anki
- Memrise
- SuperMemo
- Synap
- Mnemosyne
Touch-Typing Instruction
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Mario Teaches Typing
- Smorball
- Touch Typist Typing Tutor
- Tux Typing — free software
- Typequick
Visual Learning and Mind Mapping
- ConceptDraw MINDMAP
- Freemind — free software
- Perception
- SpicyNodes
Writing
[3D modeling]
- Blender
- FreeCAD
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- LeoCAD
- Shapr3D
- Sketchup Free —
- Tinkercad
Notable brands and suppliers of educational software
- Dorling Kindersley
- Promethean World
- Renaissance Learning
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology
- SMART Technologies
- Software4Students
- RM plc
Historical brands and suppliers
- Edu-Ware
- JumpStart Games
- * Davidson & Associates
- SoftKey
- * Brøderbund
- * The Learning Company
- ** Creative Wonders
- * MECC
- Edmark