CircuitLab AlternativesCircuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like CircuitLab

CircuitLab is described as 'Sketch, simulate, and share your circuits, entirely in your browser -- no install required. Easy schematic capture and powerful SPICE-like, mixed-mode circuit simulation helps EE students, electronics hobbyists, and electrical engineers design faster' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CircuitLab, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Flathub apps. The best CircuitLab alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to CircuitLab are Fritzing, Circuit JS, EasyEDA and SimulIDE.

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  1. KiCad icon

    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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    • KiCad is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CircuitLab.

    • KiCad is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CircuitLab.

    • KiCad is Free and Open SourceCircuitLab is Paid and Proprietary
    • KiCad is LightweightCircuitLab is not according to our users
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    Fritzing

     109 likes

    Open-source initiative aiding designers, artists, and researchers in transforming prototypes to actual products, documenting circuits, sharing, teaching, and PCB manufacturing.

    57 Fritzing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    • Fritzing is the most popular commercial alternative to CircuitLab.

    • Fritzing is Paid and Open SourceCircuitLab is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Circuit JS icon

    Circuit JS

     63 likes

    This is a javascript electronic circuit simulator. When the applet starts up you will see an animated schematic of a simple LRC circuit. The green color indicates positive voltage. The gray color indicates ground. A red color indicates negative voltage.

    47 Circuit JS alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    Comments about Circuit JS as an Alternative to CircuitLab
    Guest
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    you cannot even select an lm317 to draw a circuit with. and i can't draw an lm317 out of it's internal elements myself if there is no schematic with value's available.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Circuit JS is a great CircuitLab alternative.

    • Circuit JS is the most popular Web-based alternative to CircuitLab.

    • Circuit JS is Free and Open SourceCircuitLab is Paid and Proprietary
  5. EasyEDA icon

    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about EasyEDA as an Alternative to CircuitLab
    domonchi
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    Free and huge custom libraries

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • EasyEDA is Free and ProprietaryCircuitLab is Paid and Proprietary
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    SimulIDE

     15 likes

    SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator. It's intended for general purpose electronics and microcontroller simulation, supporting PIC and AVR. PIC simulation is provided by gpsim and avr simulation by simavr.

    15 SimulIDE alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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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

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    • Linux
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  9. CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod icon

    CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod

     13 likes

    This electronic circuit simulator is highly interactive giving the feeling of playing with real components. It's very helpful for experimentation and visualization. It's a desktop version of the Circuit JS.

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  10. gEDA Project icon

    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.

    56 gEDA Project alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. Coulomb icon

    Coulomb

     2 likes

    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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    BOOLR

     13 likes

    BOOLR is a digital logic simulator built with HTML and JavaScript using Electron . Simulations run asynchronously and in ticks so complex simulations won't cause freezes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
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  14. TINA icon

    TINA

     9 likes

    TINA Design Suite is a powerful circuit simulation package for analyzing, designing, and real time testing of analog, digital, VHDL, MCU, SMPS, RF, communication, optoelectronic and mixed electronic circuits and their PCB layouts.

    51 TINA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
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