Scilab provides API enabling to increase its native functionalities and tools to create your own modules and deploy them:

• Advanced data structures and user-defined data types
• User-defined GUI
  Online Help chapter
• Interface with Fortran, C, C++, Java (API functionalities)
  Online Help chapter
• API for calling Scilab from C, C++ , Java or .net
  Online Help chapter
• Dynamic build and link
  Online Help chapter
• ATOMS (AuTomatic mOdules Management for Scilab)
  Website
• Testing framework

Scilab provides facilities to manage data exchanges with external tools:

• Matlab binary files reading and writing
  Online Help chapter
• Matlab to Scilab conversion help tools
   Online Help chapter
• Excel links
   Online Help chapter

See also:

• Scilab Functions
• Available external modules