Editing NetLogo (section)

==Technical foundation==
NetLogo is [[free and open-source software]], released under a [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/faq.html#license|title=Under what license is NetLogo released? Is the source code available?}}</ref> Commercial licenses are also available. It is written in [[Scala (programming language)|Scala]] and  [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and runs on the [[Java virtual machine]] (JVM).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/faq.html|title=NetLogo Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> At its core is a hybrid interpreter/compiler that partially compiles user code to JVM bytecode.<ref name="faster_turtles">{{cite conference
|last1=Stonedahl |first1=Forrest
|last2=Tisue |first2=Seth
|last3=Wilensky |first3=Uri
|conference=Agent 2006
|location=Chicago, Illinois
|access-date=October 22, 2012
|date=2006
|url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/sond_tis_wil_breeding.pdf
|title=Breeding faster turtles: Progress towards a NetLogo compiler
}}</ref>

NetLogo Web is a version that runs on JavaScript, instead of the JVM, so models may be run in a web browser. However, it does not yet have all features of the desktop version.