Open Source Fritzing AlternativesTop Electronic Design Automation Tools and other similar apps like Fritzing

The best open source alternative to Fritzing is KiCad. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Fritzing and 11 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Fritzing are LibrePCB, gEDA Project, pcb-rnd and Wokwi Arduino Simulator.

Fritzing alternatives are mainly Circuit Simulators but may also be Electronic Design Automation Tools or CAD Software. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Fritzing.

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Fritzing

Paid • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool

Fritzing is a very-very handy a tool, very complex but very simple to use, to design circuits, as well as so called...

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KiCad
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Free • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
Mac
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Flathub
54 KiCad alternatives
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...
- - KiCad is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Fritzing.
- - KiCad is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Fritzing.
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KiCad Features
1. LightweightKiCad consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableKiCad can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiplatform
3D Renderer
Wast library
3d sketching
Opinions about KiCad as a Alternative to Fritzing
Almost everyone thinks KiCad is a great Fritzing alternative.
LibrePCB
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Free • Open Source
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
Mac
Windows
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Flathub
47 LibrePCB alternatives
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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LibrePCB Features
3d sketching
gEDA Project
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
CAD Software
Mac
Linux
52 gEDA Project alternatives
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.
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Opinions about gEDA Project as a Alternative to Fritzing
Most users think gEDA Project is a great Fritzing alternative.
pcb-rnd
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Mac
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Linux
FreeBSD
NetBSD
OpenBSD
5 pcb-rnd alternatives
pcb-rnd is a free/open source, flexible, modular Printed Circuit Board editor for design of professional and hobby boards. It has a strong UNIX mind set.
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Wokwi Arduino Simulator
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Mac
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Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
4 Wokwi Arduino Simulator alternatives
A web-app you can use to simulate circuits as well as run Arduino sketches right in the browser, using the open-source AVR8js platform.
- - Wokwi Arduino Simulator is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Fritzing.
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Wokwi Arduino Simulator Features
Arduino
Drag and Drop
Browser-based
Circuit Diagram
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Designer
Windows
Online
31 Circuit Diagram alternatives
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.
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VeeCAD
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 VeeCAD alternatives
VeeCAD takes a schematic generated netlist and assists you to build a layout - on strip (Veroboard), matrix, donut, tripad, Atarado Smart, and other prototyping boards.
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VeeCAD Features
Layout
TinyCAD
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Free • Open Source
Windows
30 TinyCAD alternatives
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.
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eSim
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Free • Open Source
Circuit Simulator
Electronic Design Automation Tool
Circuit Designer
Windows
Linux
31 eSim alternatives
eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design. It is an integrated tool built using open source software such as KiCad and .
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Horizon EDA
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
10 Horizon EDA alternatives
Horizon is a free EDA package. Contribute to carrotIndustries/horizon development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Horizon EDA Features
Schema editor
PCB editor
PCB Elegance
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Free • Open Source
Windows
22 PCB Elegance alternatives
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.
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