# Approaches to symbolic support in the ecosystem: SymJ, Symbolics, Giac, SymPy, etc

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**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/approaches-to-symbolic-support-in-the-ecosystem-symj-symbolics-giac-sympy-etc/142887 "2026-11-11T18:39:56Z")\
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Moderator’s note here: I had tried to find a topic split [when Sam suggested one](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gruntzlimit-jl-rischintegrate-jl-rubisymbolicintegration-jl-symj-jl/140334/20) a few days ago, but I wasn’t able to see a simple path towards a second topic that could stand on its own. It really needed a new first-post to help new readers understand the discussion (as I’ve attempted above). It is indeed warranted, especially as the discussion continued. But then I missed a post during the split, and then Discourse got all kinds of confused when I tried to move that into this (non-chronological) topic. So my apologies at the fumbles, but that’s a reason why topic splits don’t always happen.

Secondly, please refrain from copy-pasting AI outputs into the topic **or accusing others of doing such**. We’re here to talk **with** one another. This isn’t some personal editorial style preference, it’s something we have in our [site guidelines](https://discourse.julialang.org/guidelines#keep-tidy)… and as with all guidelines, just flag problems as you see them instead of derailing topics further by posting about it.

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