Free Fritzing AlternativesTop Electronic Design Automation Tools & Circuit Simulators like Fritzing

The best free alternative to Fritzing is KiCad, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Fritzing and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Fritzing are LibrePCB, EasyEDA, gEDA Project and Wokwi Arduino Simulator.

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Fritzing alternatives are mainly Circuit Designers, but if you're looking for Circuit Simulators or Electronic Design Automation Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Android, Online, Mac, Circuit Simulation and Online + Circuit Simulation. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Fritzing.
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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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    Comments about KiCad as an Alternative to Fritzing
    Nuncio Bitis
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    You can't draw simple circuit diagrams. KiCAD is mostly for PCB design.

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    • Most users think KiCad is a great Fritzing alternative.

    • KiCad is Free and Open SourceFritzing is Paid and Open Source
    • KiCad is LightweightFritzing is not according to our users
  4. 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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    gschem
     
  7. eSim icon

    eSim

     4 likes

    eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    eSim main window provides frontend to create projects for drawing schematic,PCB layout and doing circuit simulation.
     
  9. atopile icon

    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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  10. Experimenters Circuits icon

    Experimenters Circuits

     3 likes

    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...

    87 Experimenters Circuits alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    Experimenters Circuits Lessons
     
  11. DesignSpark PCB icon

    DesignSpark PCB

     9 likes

    The World’s Most Powerful Free Schematic and PCB Layout.

    42 DesignSpark PCB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Simple easy to use. loads of support and its free.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • DesignSpark PCB is Free and ProprietaryFritzing is Paid and Open Source
  12. Flux.ai icon

    Flux.ai

     1 like

    Flux is where engineers shape the future of hardware, together. Contribute to the open source community, manage your projects, review schematics like a pro, track issues and features, power your workflows, and secure work before you commit it.

    12 Flux.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  13. tscircuit icon

    tscircuit

     1 like

    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
    tscircuit screenshot 1
     
  14. 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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