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Scilab

Numerical computation software with a Simulink-like modeller

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Last commit16 Oct 2026
LicenceGPL-2.0Per the project
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Scilab is free numerical computing software for engineering and science, with a MATLAB-like language, 2D/3D plotting and Xcos, a block-diagram tool for modelling dynamic systems.

Who it suits

  • Scilab describes itself as software “for students, academics, engineers & scientists.”

From scilab.org, checked 19 Oct 2026. Quotes are the project's own words.

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