Past 5 - the Past of the Future

Past is free software for scientific data analysis, with functions for data manipulation, plotting, univariate and multivariate statistics, ecological analysis, time series and spatial analysis, morphometrics and stratigraphy.

Past works under Windows 11, 10, and 8, and Mac from macOS ver. 12.

Current version (March 2025): 5.2.1

Downloads

Version 5.2.1, 64-bit Windows (10 MB)
Note that Past is now distributed as an installer, requiring administrator rights. For Windows 10 you may need to install Webview2 from Microsoft (or the map module may not work).

Version 5.2.1 as a simple exe file, does not require admin rights but the map module may not work, and there will be an error message when exiting Past (just disregard).

Version 4.17, 64-bit Windows (9 MB)

Version 4.09, 32-bit Windows (7 MB)

Mac, version 5.2 (Past5), click button below ("M" processors only, Intel is no longer supported; and the map module does not work)