Octave

[3D graph] [Lorenz Attractor] GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.

For more information, see the page about Octave.

Current News

April 21, 2008
Version 3.0.1 has been released and is now available for ftp. Octave 3.0.1 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the release of version 3.0.0 have been fixed. Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
December 21, 2007
Version 3.0.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
December 11, 2007
Version 2.9.19 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.19 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
December 5, 2007
Version 2.9.18 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.18 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
November 10, 2007
Version 2.9.17 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.17 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
October 31, 2007
Version 2.9.16 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.16 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
October 13, 2007
Version 2.9.15 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.15 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
September 17, 2007
Version 2.9.14 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.14 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
July 25, 2007
Version 2.9.13 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.13 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
May 23, 2007
Version 2.9.12 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.12 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
May 22, 2007
Version 2.9.11 is now available for ftp and is the new "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download page, 2.9.11 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file. [Mailing List Thread]
March 27, 2007
Version 2.9.10 is now available for ftp. [Mailing List Thread]
March 1, 2007
Thanks to Bob Weigel and Nabble, it is now possible to search the contents of the Octave mailing lists all the way back to the beginning of time (around 1992).

For older news, see the news archive.