Scilab
by Scilab · Open source software for numerical computation
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Overview
Scilab is free and open source software for numerical computation. It provides hundreds of mathematical functions and a high-level programming language with access to advanced data structures and 2-D and 3-D graphical functions. It also includes Xcos, a graphical editor for designing hybrid dynamical system models, and can be used through Scilab Desktop, a VS Code extension or a Jupyter kernel.
- Best for
- Students, academics, engineers and scientists doing numerical computation on the desktop.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the pages describe Scilab as free and open source software available to download.
- Runs on
- macOSWindows
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free and open source; runs on Windows, Linux and macOS
- Hundreds of maths functions plus 2-D and 3-D graphics
- Includes Xcos editor for hybrid dynamical system models
- Usable via Scilab Desktop, VS Code extension or Jupyter kernel
Trade-offs
- Desktop software you download; no hosted or web version is described
- Help appears to come from community channels rather than paid support
- Pages show no licence terms, version numbers or system requirements
How Scilab markets itself
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Homepage capture
“Open source software for numerical computation”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Scilab’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
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