OrCAD (All Products) Alternatives for Linux

OrCAD (All Products) 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 OrCAD (All Products) and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to OrCAD (All Products) are Fritzing, QUCS, EasyEDA and Autodesk EAGLE.

OrCAD (All Products) 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 OrCAD (All Products).

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KiCad
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Free • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
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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 OrCAD (All Products).
- - KiCad is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OrCAD (All Products).
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KiCad Features
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3D Renderer
Wast library
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Fritzing
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Paid • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
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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 OrCAD (All Products).
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QUCS
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
Mac
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36 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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EasyEDA
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Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
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Online
49 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 OrCAD (All Products).
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Autodesk EAGLE
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CAD Software
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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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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
gEDA Project
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Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
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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
Mac
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37 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
34 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
31 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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