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GNU PSPP

GNU PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

GNU PSPP is a data analysis program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: statistics and charts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “GNU PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It can perform descriptive statistics, T-tests, anova, linear and logistic regression, measures of association, cluster analysis, reliability and factor analysis, non-parametric tests and more.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “To use the command-line interface, run: flatpak run --command=pspp org.gnu.pspp.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of GNU PSPP is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

GNU PSPP is a program for the statistical analysis of sampled data. It is a Free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS, and appears very similar to it with a few exceptions. The most important of these exceptions are, that there are no “time bombs”; your copy of PSPP will not “expire” or deliberately stop working in the future. Neither are there any artificial limits on the number of cases or variables which you can use. There are no additional packages to purchase in order to get “advanced” functions; all functionality that PSPP currently supports is in the core package. PSPP is a stable and reliable application. It can perform descriptive statistics, T-tests, anova, linear and logistic regression, measures of association, cluster analysis, reliability and factor analysis, non-parametric tests and more. Its backend is designed to perform its analyses as fast as possible, regardless of the size of the input data. You can use PSPP with its graphical interface or the more traditional syntax commands. A brief list of some of PSPP's features. Support for over 1 billion cases Support for over 1 billion variables Syntax and data files which are compatible with those of SPSS A choice of terminal or graphical user interface A choice of text, postscript, pdf, opendocument, html or TeX output formats Inter-operability with: LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice, Gnumeric and other free software Easy data import from spreadsheets, text files and database sources The capability to open, analyse and edit two or more datasets concurrently A user interface supporting all common character sets The user interface has been translated to multiple languages Very fast statistical procedures, even on very large data sets No license fees and no expiration period No unethical “end user license agreements” A fully indexed user manual Freedom ensured; It is licensed under the GPLv3 or later Portability; Runs on many different computers and many different operating systems PSPP is particularly aimed at statisticians, social scientists and students requiring fast convenient analysis of sampled data. The Flatpak for PSPP includes graphical and command-line interfaces. To use the command-line interface, run: flatpak run --command=pspp org.gnu.pspp.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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