Does GeoGebra run on Linux?

Verdict: Partly

Partly. GeoGebra runs in a browser on Linux and that is the version schools use, but the only Linux download is an old portable bundle that GeoGebra itself marks as unsupported.

GeoGebra by GeoGebra · Education · Works in a browser

The practical answer for a student on Linux is to use geogebra.org in a browser. The Calculator Suite, Classic, Graphing, Geometry and the rest all run there, and GeoGebra's download page offers a browser start as the first option on every platform. Your browser can pin it so it opens in its own window and appears in the applications menu like a normal app.

The installed version is the weak spot. GeoGebra's installation documentation lists Windows and Mac installers for the current apps, and for Linux only a portable bundle of the older Classic 5 release, marked unsupported. It is there if you need offline work on an old machine, but it is not the version anyone is maintaining.

In practice the browser version works offline once it has loaded, because it installs itself as a web app, so the usual reason for wanting a download mostly goes away.

Your .ggb files carry across. They open in the browser version the same way they opened on Windows, and files saved to a GeoGebra account are already waiting when you sign in on the new machine.

What to use instead of GeoGebra

GeoGebra

Drop-in replacementFree

The same GeoGebra, running at geogebra.org in your browser and pinned to the applications menu.

Your files: Opens your existing .ggb files, and anything saved to a GeoGebra account is already there.

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