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 GNU Octave, Jupyter, Mathematica and SageMath.

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  1. Singular icon
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    Singular is an open source computer algebra system for polynomial computations, with special emphasis on commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2.  7 likes

    Cadabra is a computer algebra system (CAS) designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor computer algebra, tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Mirai Math icon
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    Graphical frontend for GNU Octave. Edit formulas in native mathematical notation. Available / tested for Linux x586 / x86_64, WinXP, Vista, and MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. The HP Prime is a great scientific and graphic calculator for high school and university. The App allows to develop not only for the real calculator but also for computers and mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. Math Notepad icon
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    Math Notepad is a web based editor, which allows you do do mathematical calculations and plot graphs. It supports real and complex numbers, matrices, and units, and comes with all common math functions built in.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. iD3 icon
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    iD3 is an open-source, cross-platform desktop IDE for D3.js development. It's designed to simplify data visualization with D3 and sports a Python based data management system and custom generated attribute controls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. see the graph of a function.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Sequalator icon
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    Sequalator stands for Simultaneous Equations Calculator. It is a software for solving Linear Simultaneous Equations. The solver is based on the Gauss Jordan elimination method for solving Linear Simultaneous Equations. Sequalator uses OpenCL technology for solving the equations o.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. WolfCalc icon
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    WolfCalc is a light minimal front end to the powerful Wolfram|Alpha™ Computational Knowledge Engine™, which is one of the most powerful calculators in the world and can be used to solve a large variety of problems.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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