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

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

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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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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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    KiCad vs Autodesk EAGLE Comments
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    easy, 3d sketching , huge libraries

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    I need to print simple PCB, not simulation

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • KiCad is Free and Open SourceAutodesk EAGLE is Paid and Proprietary
    • KiCad is LightweightAutodesk EAGLE is not according to our users
  2. LibrePCB icon

    LibrePCB

     22 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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  5. 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.

    56 gEDA Project alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. 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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  7. Horizon EDA icon

    Horizon EDA

     3 likes

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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Circuit Diagram icon

    Circuit Diagram

     4 likes

    Circuit Diagram is a free application for making electronic circuit diagrams and exporting them as images. Design circuits online in your browser or using the desktop application.

    36 Circuit Diagram alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Online
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  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  12. atopile icon

    atopile

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    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)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
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  13. TinyCAD icon

    TinyCAD

     4 likes

    TinyCAD is an open source schematic capture program for MS Windows. Use TinyCAD to produce professional circuit diagrams and export net list information to PCB applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. PCB Elegance icon

    PCB Elegance

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    PCB Elegance is a suite of circuit board design tools for Windows. Including schematic capture, board layout, and manufacturing file generation. First released in 1998, it was proprietary software until 2012, when it was released as open source software under the GPL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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