Scilab

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Analyzed 6 months ago. based on code collected almost 4 years ago.

Project Summary

(from the scilab homepage...)

Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications.

Scilab is an open source software. Since 1994 it has been distributed freely along with the source code via the Internet. It is currently used in educational and industrial environments around the world. Scilab is now maintained by Scilab Enterprises: http://www.scilab-enterprises.com/

Note that Scilab has been using code review since 2010 (explaining the diminution in term of number of commits).

In a Nutshell, Scilab...

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has had 54,537 commits made by 201 contributors
representing 2,266,459 lines of code
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is mostly written in C++
with a low number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by nobody
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 636 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in April, 2001
ending with its most recent commit about 4 years ago

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Exposure Index

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