It is suitable for implementation tasks ranging from scripting to application development, including GUIs, web services, etc.

It includes the DrScheme programming environment, a virtual machine with a just-in-time compiler, tools for creating stand-alone executables, the PLT Scheme web server, extensive libraries, documentation for both beginners and experts, and more.

It supports the creation of new programming languages through a rich,expressive syntax system. Example languages include Typed Scheme, ACL2, FrTime, Lazy Scheme, and ProfessorJ (which is a pedagogical dialect of Java).