Altium Designer Alternatives for Linux

Altium Designer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Altium Designer and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Altium Designer are Fritzing, QUCS, LibrePCB and Autodesk EAGLE.

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  1. KiCad icon
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    KiCad is an open source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA) - designing schematics of electronic circuits and printed circuit boards (PCB). KiCad is developed by Jean-Pierre Charras. And features an integrated environment between schematic capture, bill of...

    62 KiCad alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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  2. Fritzing icon
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    Open-source initiative aiding designers, artists, and researchers in transforming prototypes to actual products, documenting circuits, sharing, teaching, and PCB manufacturing.

    60 Fritzing alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  3. QUCS icon
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    The Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (QUCS) is an integrated circuit simulator allowing the simulation and graphical presentation of results of large-signal, small-signal and noise behavior in circuits.

    37 QUCS alternatives

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  4. LibrePCB icon
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    LibrePCB is a free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards. It’s currently under heavy development to bring out first stable releases as soon as possible.

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    • Flathub
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  5. Autodesk EAGLE icon
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    EDA software that enables PCB designers to connect schematics, position components, route PCBs, and access extensive libraries, with features like SPICE simulation, drag-and-drop functionality, alignment tools, 3D models for enclosure fit, and direct links to manufacturers for parts replacement.

    48 Autodesk EAGLE alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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  6. EasyEDA icon
     20 likes

    Schematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.

    57 EasyEDA alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. Qucs-S icon
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    Qucs-S is a spin-off of the Qucs cross-platform circuit simulator. "S" letter indicates SPICE. The purpose of the Qucs-S subproject is to use free SPICE circuit simulation kernels with the Qucs GUI.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. gEDA Project icon
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    The gEDA project has produced and continues working on a full GPL'd suite and toolkit of Electronic Design Automation tools. These tools are used for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production.

    56 gEDA Project alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  9. Coulomb icon
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    Coulomb is a simple and elegant circuit simulator written using Java, Gtk4 and libadwaita.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. Horizon EDA icon
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    Horizon is a free EDA package. Contribute to carrotIndustries/horizon development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Ngspice icon
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    Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator. Its code is based on three open source software packages: Spice3f5, Cider1b1 and Xspice. Ngspice is part of gEDA project, a full GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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