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 25 alternatives to Altium Designer and 14 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.

Altium Designer alternatives are mainly Circuit Simulators but may also be Electronic Design Automation Tools or CAD Software. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Altium Designer.

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KiCad
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Free • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
Mac
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Linux
Flathub
54 KiCad alternatives
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...
- - KiCad is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Altium Designer.
- - KiCad is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Altium Designer.
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KiCad Features
Multiplatform
3D Renderer
Wast library
3d sketching
Comments about KiCad as a Alternative to Altium Designer
Most users think KiCad is a great Altium Designer alternative.
Michal D.
It's free and provide very good possibilities for circuit and PCB boards design
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Ease of schematic and pcb creating. BOM creation is not very good as excel templates cannot be used so this becomes a largely manual process. Most of the add-on tools cannot be added regardless of what the instructions say. Following the instructions usually ends in some sort of crash. Import/translation tools never install regardless of the instructions. But, with all of that said KiCad is still the best free alternative to Altium Designer.
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Fritzing
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Paid • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
AppImageHub
Flathub
51 Fritzing alternatives
Fritzing is a very-very handy a tool, very complex but very simple to use, to design circuits, as well as so called "layouts", be it PCB or stripboard or breadboard.
- - Fritzing is the most popular commercial alternative to Altium Designer.
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Fritzing Features
Arduino
Comments about Fritzing as a Alternative to Altium Designer
Some users think Fritzing is a great Altium Designer alternative, some don't.
Guest
That's a good scheme creator for arduino developpement, but it's not an alternative for professional designer software.
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fritzinf doesnt allow simulation
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QUCS
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
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37 QUCS alternatives
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.
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LibrePCB
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Free • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
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Flathub
47 LibrePCB alternatives
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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LibrePCB Features
3d sketching
Comments about LibrePCB as a Alternative to Altium Designer
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dbrgn
The project is still fresh, but very promising. The developers have spent a lot of time thinking about proper a library file format that avoids problems of current open source EDA suites and will make creating and sharing comprehensive parts libraries easier. It is also much better regarding usability than current alternatives like KiCAD.
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Autodesk EAGLE
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CAD Software
Mac
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Linux
41 Autodesk EAGLE alternatives
Autodesk EAGLE is an electronic design automation (EDA) software. Enabling printed circuit board (PCB) designers to seamlessly connect schematic diagrams, component placement, PCB routing, and comprehensive library content.
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Autodesk EAGLE Features
Layout
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Comments about Autodesk EAGLE as a Alternative to Altium Designer
Most users think Autodesk EAGLE is a great Altium Designer alternative.
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Cheaper but fully competent, and sufficient for most designs.
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EasyEDA
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Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
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Online
50 EasyEDA alternatives
EasyEDA - Web-based and desktop EDA suite; runs in browser, Windows, Mac, or Linux. Schematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.
- - EasyEDA is the most popular Web-based alternative to Altium Designer.
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gEDA Project
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Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
Mac
Linux
52 gEDA Project alternatives
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.
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Ngspice
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
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38 Ngspice alternatives
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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Oregano
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
Linux
35 Oregano alternatives
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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Discontinued
The last version is from December 2015.
eSim
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
Circuit Designer
Windows
Linux
31 eSim alternatives
eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design. It is an integrated tool built using open source software such as KiCad and .
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VUTRAX
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
43 VUTRAX alternatives
Professional electronics schematic and PCB (Printed circuit board) design package
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Qucs-S
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Free • Open Source
Linux
32 Qucs-S alternatives
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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