Free Proteus PCB design Alternatives for Linux

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   KiCad

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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...

   59 KiCad alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Electronic Design Automation Tool
   • Circuit Simulator

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • Docker

   

   

   

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   • Almost everyone thinks KiCad is a great Proteus PCB design alternative.

   • KiCad is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Proteus PCB design.

   • KiCad is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Proteus PCB design.

   • KiCad is Free and Open SourceProteus PCB design is Paid and Proprietary
   • KiCad is LightweightProteus PCB design is not according to our users
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   QUCS

    38 likes

   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.

   36 QUCS alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Circuit Simulator
   • Electronic Design Automation Tool

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   LibrePCB

    22 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Electronic Design Automation Tool
   • CAD Software

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub

   

   

   

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   EasyEDA

    20 likes

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

   54 EasyEDA alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Circuit Simulator
   • Electronic Design Automation Tool

   Origin

   • China

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

   

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   • EasyEDA is Free and ProprietaryProteus PCB design is Paid and Proprietary
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   Ktechlab

    28 likes

   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.

   28 Ktechlab alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Circuit Simulator
   • Electronic Design Automation Tool

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   gEDA Project

    26 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Electronic Design Automation Tool
   • Circuit Simulator

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Coulomb

    2 likes

   Coulomb is a simple and elegant circuit simulator written using Java, Gtk4 and libadwaita.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Circuit Simulator

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

   

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    Ngspice

     8 likes

    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.

    38 Ngspice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Circuit Simulator
    • Electronic Design Automation Tool

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Qucs-S

     2 likes

    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.

    31 Qucs-S alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Circuit Simulator
    • Electronic Design Automation Tool

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    

    

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    eSim

     4 likes

    eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Circuit Simulator
    • Electronic Design Automation Tool

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    atopile

     1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python

    

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    Oregano

     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Circuit Simulator
    • Electronic Design Automation Tool

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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