GNU Octave

Scientific programming language largely compatible with MATLAB

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GNU Octave is a free numerical computing language whose syntax is largely compatible with MATLAB, so many .m scripts run with little or no change. It includes a GUI with editor and debugger, plotting, and community packages.

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Status	Open source
Licence	GPL-3.0
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Category	Numerical computing
Website	octave.org
Source	GitHub

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