FreeMat : How different is it from Octave?

In short, both GNU Octave and FreeMat are open-source alternatives to MATLAB. However, Octave is more mature and has wider community support.

I also found this interesting article that compares MATLAB, Octave, FreeMat and SciLab. It does point out a few issues against FreeMat:

  1. It doesn’t support some functions (such as kron and pcg).
  2. It has limited 3-D graphics capabilities (e.g. no support for the mesh function).
  3. It is also lacking in the ODE department, for not having a state-of-the-art solver.

Essentially, this article concludes that Octave is indeed the most compatible with MATLAB at present.

Now, if you’re searching for a good GUI/IDE, try one of these.

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