Fritzing Alternatives

Fritzing is described as 'Open-source tool supporting designers in prototyping, documenting circuits, sharing, and creating PCB layouts, empowering artists, researchers, and hobbyists' and is a very popular circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Fritzing for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Fritzing alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fritzing are Autodesk EAGLE, Square Sketch, LibrePCB and Proteus PCB design.

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Fritzing alternatives are mainly Circuit Simulators, but if you're looking for Electronic Design Automation Tools or Circuit Designers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Android, Mac, Online, 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. CircuitLab icon
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    Sketch, simulate, and share your circuits, entirely in your browser -- no install required. Easy schematic capture and powerful SPICE-like, mixed-mode circuit simulation helps EE students, electronics hobbyists, and electrical engineers design faster.

    27 CircuitLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. VUTRAX icon
     2 likes

    Professional electronics schematic and PCB (Printed circuit board) design package

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Coulomb icon
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    Coulomb is a simple and elegant circuit simulator written using Java, Gtk4 and libadwaita.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. CircuitMaker icon
     1 like

    CircuitMaker is the best free PCB design software by Altium for Open Source Hardware Designers, Hackers, Makers, Students and Hobbyists. From the about page of the website:

    37 CircuitMaker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. iCircuit icon
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    iCircuit is the easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer - the perfect tool for students, hobbyists, and engineers.

    46 iCircuit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
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    it is copleted and integrated

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    • iCircuit is Paid and ProprietaryFritzing is Paid and Open Source
  6. TinyCAD icon
     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.

    33 TinyCAD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Printed Circuit Board Design Made Easy: Professional-Grade PCB Design Software with Free Live Technical Support. PCB Artist Includes Features Such as Multi-Page Schematics and Netlist Import.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. pcb-rnd icon
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    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.

    7 pcb-rnd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  9. 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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  10. Razen icon
     1 like

    Cross-platform PCB design tool that allows you to quickly design and fabricate boards.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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