Scilab Alternatives

Scilab is described as 'Is free and open source software for numerical computation providing a powerful computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions' and is a very popular numerical computation software in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Scilab for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Scilab alternative is R (programming language), which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scilab are Jupyter, MATLAB, GNU Octave and Mathematica.

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  1. Axiom icon
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    Axiom is a general purpose Computer Algebra system. It is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.

    39 Axiom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. ELKI icon
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    ELKI: "Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures" is a development framework for data mining algorithms written in Java. It includes a large variety of popular data mining algorithms, distance functions and index structures.

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    • Mac
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  3. Doronix Math Toolbox is a numerical computing environment with programming language which can be used as alternative to MATLAB. It allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user functions, import and export CSV-files...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Reinteract icon
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    Reinteract is a system for interactive experimentation with Python. Reinteract worksheets contain Python code combined with the results of that code, formatted as text or graphical plots. Youu can go back and edit previously entered statements, and the results will update.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Polynote icon
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    Polynote is a different kind of notebook. It supports mixing multiple languages in one notebook, and sharing data between them seamlessly. It encourages reproducible notebooks with its immutable data model.

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    FriCAS is an advanced computer algebra system. Its capabilities range from calculus (integration and differentiation) to abstract algebra. It can plot functions and has integrated help system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Nsp is a GPL Scientific Software Package. It is based on a complete new rewrite of ScilabGtk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. RunMat icon
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    RunMat is an open-source, GPU-accelerated runtime for MATLAB-syntax code. Engineers bring their existing .m files and run them — most work unmodified.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Google Chrome
    • Self-Hosted
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Chrome OS
     
  9. Addi icon
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    Java based and open sourced version of matlab and octave

    Getting more and more compatible over time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. SIMO icon
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    SIMO is an iOS programming environment for Matlab. SIMO runs locally on device and hence internet connection is not required. Users can create, edit and run Matlab code, and create 2D and 3D plots. Find out more: http://www.simo.com.hk/.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. CloudStat icon
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    CloudStat is the cloud environment for building statistical applications collaboratively.

    35 CloudStat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Ardos icon
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    Discover Erdos, the secure AI-native IDE that pairs Jupyter notebooks with an embedded assistant to edit code, surface documentation, and accelerate analysis.

    47 Ardos alternatives

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    • Linux
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