BBC -- Better BC

A cross-platform CLI calculator with arbitrary-precision arithmetic, physical units, dimensional analysis, and base conversion. Single Rust binary. This is a WASM-compiled preview -- see the GitHub repo for installation and full docs.

Arithmetic

1/3 * 3 → 1

2^64 → 18446744073709551616

Units

5 [kg] * 9.8 [m*s^-2] → 49 [N]

100 [km] -> [mi] → 62.137... [mi]

1500 [m] → 1.5 [km]

Bases

16xFF → 255

255 -> 16x → 16xFF

Constants

c → 299792458 [m*s^-1]

pi → 3.14159265...

Functions

sin cos tan asin acos atan atan2

sqrt cbrt exp ln log abs floor ceil

Commands

units imperial -- load unit set

unit smoot = 67 [in] -- custom unit

view scientific -- display mode

LaTeX

\frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{6} → 0.5

\sqrt{144} → 12