Free Proteus PCB design Alternatives for Linux

Proteus PCB design is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best free Linux alternative is KiCad, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Proteus PCB design and 13 are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to Proteus PCB design are QUCS, LibrePCB, EasyEDA and Ktechlab.

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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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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. EasyEDA icon
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    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. Ktechlab icon
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    KTechLab is an IDE for microcontrollers and electronics. It supports circuit simulation, program development for microcontrollers and simulating the programmed microcontroller together with its application circuit.

    29 Ktechlab alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  6. 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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  7. 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
    • Linux
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  8. 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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  9. 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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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  10. atopile icon
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    atopile is a language and toolchain to describe electronic circuit boards with code. By replacing the point and click schematic interface with code, we introduce software development workflows like reuse, validation and automation to the world of electronics.

    53 atopile alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
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  11. Oregano icon
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    oregano - An electrical engineering tool for GNOME

    oregano is an application for schematic capture and simulation of electronic circuits. The actual simulation is performed by Berkeley Spice, or GNUcap or the new generation ngspice which is required for simulation, but not neces.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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