Maxima waa nidaam lagu dhaqo tibaaxaha calaamadaha iyo tirooyinka, oo ay ku jiraan kala duwanaanta, isdhexgalka, taxanaha Taylor, isbeddellada Laplace, isla'egyada kala duwanaanta caadiga ah, nidaamyada isla'egta toosan, polynomials, sets, lists, vectors, matrices iyo tenors. Maxima waxay soo saartaa natiijooyin tirooyin sax ah oo saraysa iyadoo la isticmaalayo jajabyo sax ah, tirooyin sax ah oo aan sax ahayn oo doorsoomayaal ah. Maxima waxay qiyaasi kartaa hawlaha iyo xogta laba iyo saddex cabbir. Koodhka isha Maxima waxaa lagu soo ururin karaa nidaamyo badan, oo ay ku jiraan Windows, Linux, iyo MacOS X. Koodhka isha ee dhammaan nidaamyada iyo binaries horay loo soo diyaariyey ee Windows iyo Linux ayaa laga heli karaa maamulaha faylka SourceForge.