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[https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ GNU Octave] is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. The program is named after Octave Levenspiel, a former professor of the principal author.
GNU Octave is normally used through its interactive interface ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface CLI] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]), but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The project was conceived around 1988 and at first it was intended to be a companion to a chemical reactor design course. The Octave language supports many common C standard library functions, and also certain UNIX system calls and functions. C and C++ code can be integrated into GNU Octave by creating oct files, or using the Matlab compatible MEX files. The GNU Octave language is quite similar to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable.

== [[:Category:Installation|Installing]] ==

Installation instructions for:
* [[Octave for macOS|macOS]]
* [[Octave for GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]], [[Octave for Android|Android]], and [[Octave for other Unix systems|other Unix systems]]
* [[Octave for Microsoft_Windows|Microsoft Windows]]

Get installers and sources from https://www.octave.org/download.

{{Note|'''GNU Octave {{Release}}''' is the current stable release.}}

Are you using an old version of Octave?  Check the [[Release History]] page to see how old it is.

== [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/news.html News] ==

* GNU Octave is a mentor organization for [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/4930645207285760/ Google Summer of Code 2020].  [[Summer of Code - Getting Started | More information]].
* {{Release Date}} '''GNU Octave {{Release}}''' has been released (see above)!

== Getting help ==

* [[FAQ|Frequently asked questions (FAQ)]]
* [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter GNU Octave documentation]
* [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/support.html Other support options]

== [[:Category:Resources|Getting started]] ==

* [[Publications using Octave#Books|Books]]
* [[Video tutorials|Videos]]
* [https://bagustris.github.io/octave-tutorial Short course]

[[File:Octave-flower.svg|right|frame|[[:Category:Octave Forge|Octave Forge]] is a collection of high quality packages for GNU Octave.]]

== [[Packages]] / [[:Category:Octave Forge|Octave Forge]] ==

* [https://octave.org/doc/interpreter/Installing-and-Removing-Packages.html Installing packages]
* [[Creating packages]]
* '''[[:Category:Octave Forge|Octave Forge]]''' &mdash; A collection of high quality packages for GNU Octave.

== [[:Category:Development|Development]] ==

We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/get-involved.html you can contribute]. You can help by fixing bugs, developing new features, answering questions on the mailing list or IRC channel, helping to improve this wiki or other web pages.

* Get an overview about the [[:Category:Development|GNU Octave development]].
* Take a look at our [[Projects|project ideas]] and [[Summer of Code Project Ideas|Summer of Code project ideas]].

== [[:Category:Academia|Academia]] ==

* [[Publications using Octave]] &mdash; A compilation of scientific publications making reference to GNU Octave (add yours!).

== External Links ==

* [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave Homepage]
* [https://octave.sourceforge.io/ Octave Forge]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave Bug Tracker]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?group=octave Task Tracker]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=octave Patch Tracker]
* [https://savannah.gnu.org/hg/?group=octave Development Repositories]
* [https://planet.octave.org/ Planet Octave] - A collection of blog feeds featuring Octave developers and [[Summer of Code]] students.