Autodesk EAGLE AlternativesTop Electronic Design Automation Tools & CAD Software like Autodesk EAGLE

Autodesk EAGLE is described as 'Electronic design automation tool for PCB design, offering SPICE simulation, drag-and-drop interfaces, advanced routing, and comprehensive library access' and is a electronic design automation tool in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Autodesk EAGLE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Autodesk EAGLE alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Autodesk EAGLE are Fritzing, Square Sketch, LibrePCB and Proteus PCB design.

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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...

    62 KiCad alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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    KiCad vs Autodesk EAGLE Comments
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    I need to print simple PCB, not simulation

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    easy, 3d sketching , huge libraries

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    Use Altium if you have more money than time, EAGLE if you are entangled with Autodesk and KiCad if you just want to design PCBs for free.

    • KiCad is Free and Open SourceAutodesk EAGLE is Paid and Proprietary
    • KiCad is LightweightAutodesk EAGLE is not according to our users
  2. Fritzing icon

    Fritzing

     114 likes

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

    59 Fritzing alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    Fritzing has almost the same functionality BUT much less convenient comparing to EAGLE

    • Fritzing is Paid and Open SourceAutodesk EAGLE is Paid and Proprietary
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    LibrePCB

     23 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  9. Altium Designer icon

    Altium Designer

     18 likes

    Features a unified workflow for schematic capture, PCB layout, mixed analog/digital simulation, signal integrity analysis, real-time 3D editing, ECAD-MCAD collaboration, component libraries, collaborative design tools, BOM generation, routing, and manufacturing outputs.

    51 Altium Designer alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. gEDA Project icon

    gEDA Project

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    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

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. tscircuit icon

    tscircuit

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    tscircuit is a framework for designing real electronics with Typescript and React. Your tscircuit code compiles into real-time previews for PCBs, schematics, 3D models and can be exported to fabrication files for manufacturing.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  13. Coulomb icon

    Coulomb

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    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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  14. Horizon EDA icon

    Horizon EDA

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    Horizon is a free EDA package. Contribute to carrotIndustries/horizon development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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