Free CircuitLab AlternativesCircuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like CircuitLab

The best free alternative to CircuitLab is KiCad, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CircuitLab and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to CircuitLab are Circuit JS, EasyEDA, SimulIDE 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...

    59 KiCad alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
     
  2. Circuit JS icon
     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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Circuit JS vs CircuitLab Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    EasyEDA vs CircuitLab Comments
    domonchi
    Positive
    0

    Free and huge custom libraries

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • EasyEDA is Free and ProprietaryCircuitLab is Paid and Proprietary
  4. SimulIDE icon
     16 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Ktechlab icon
     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.

    29 Ktechlab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. gEDA Project icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Coulomb icon
     2 likes

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. BOOLR icon
     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
     
  9. atopile icon
     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
     
  10. Micro-Cap icon
     5 likes

    Integrated schematic editor and simulator. Dynamic analysis updates waveforms and curves as you edit Native digital simulator Worst Case analysis to find the statistical and extreme limits of performance Smoke Analysis to assess how close the circuit is to violating maximum opera.

    47 Micro-Cap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Educational virtual 3D laboratory simulator helps students, teachers, and tutors conduct electrical circuit experiments by providing realistic equipment access anywhere, avoiding availability issues and safety hazards, and enhancing learning with immediate feedback and...

    88 Experimenters Circuits alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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