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Scilab

free and open source software for numerical computation
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Summary

Scilab is a programming language[1]. Scilab ranks in the top 10% of programming language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,098 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: numerical software[3]
  • Developer: Dassault Systèmes[4]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0[5], CeCILL version 2[6]
  • Programmed in: C++[7], C[8], Java[9], Fortran[10], Tcl[11]
  • Operating system: Linux[12], Microsoft Windows[13], macOS[14], Berkeley Software Distribution[15]
  • Software version identifier: 5.5.2[16], 6.0.0[17], 6.0.1[18], 6.0.2[19], 6.1.0[20], 6.1.1[21], 1.1[22], 2.0[23], 2.1[24], 2.1.1[25], 2.2[26], 2.3[27], 2.3.1[28], 2.4[29]
  • Commons category: Scilab[30]
  • Official website: https://www.scilab.org[31]
  • Readable file format: Scilab source code file[32]
  • Writable file format: Scilab source code file[33]
  • Source code repository URL: https://gitlab.com/scilab/scilab[34]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: GTK[35]
  • Name in kana: サイラボ[36]
  • Programming paradigm: array programming[37]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[38]
  • Typing discipline: dynamic typing[39]

Why It Matters

Scilab has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Scilab is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

C++ Dassault Systèmes Fortran Java Linux macOS Microsoft Windows programming language Tcl

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scilab.org. Retrieved . scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . scilab.org. scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . scilab.org. scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . scilab.org. scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . news.scilab.io. news.scilab.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . scilab.org. scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . scilab.org. Retrieved . scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . scilab.org. Retrieved . scilab.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . archive.softwareheritage.org. archive.softwareheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15h ago · Vincent COUVERT · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hi', '
    Sitelink count → 35
    Software version identifier → 5.5.2, 6.0.0, 6.0.1 +32
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 2027.0.0"
  2. 21w ago · Vincent COUVERT · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in kana → サイラボ
    Freebsd port → —
    Programmed in → C++, C, Java +2
    Instance of → programming language, numerical software
    + 69 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 2026.1.0"
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