Desmos
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 5, 2025first mention
May 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Desmos provides a great graphing program for free in a web browser.”
“I use desmos for things where graphs would give more insight”
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“Desmos has a nice renderer too:”
“People can play with graphing these in 3D and 2D here:”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- The shadows lurking in the equations 3 mentions
- item 48166744 2 mentions
- Ask HN: Do you still physical calculators? 2 mentions
- The case against boolean logic 1 mention
- Ti-84 Evo 1 mention
- Zero ZGC4: A Better Graphing Calculator for School and Beyond 1 mention
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All comments 12
“https://www.desmos.com/calculator/1wfdtsuaav”
“the Desmos calculator and math tools spun out to Desmos Studio PBC”
“most of the Desmos "math tools" still exist under the Desmos name”
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“Desmos provides a great graphing program for free in a web browser.”
“If I ever feel myself limited by the 89, it's always been because I am trying to do something that would be better served by Excel or Desmos.”
“I use desmos for things where graphs would give more insight”
“It uses Desmos for the graph”
“instead of something like stylized latex like Desmos has”
“Desmos has a nice renderer too:”
“I programmed the examples into Desmos 3D”
“People can play with graphing these in 3D and 2D here:”