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

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

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  1. EasyEDA icon
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    Schematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Horizon EDA icon
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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
     
  3. eSim icon
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    eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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
     
  5. Flux.ai icon
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    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)
     
  6. MeowCAD icon
     3 likes

    MeowCAD is an online free and open source electronic design application tool. Its focus is on schematic and PCB design for electronic circuits.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. gEDA Project icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. VUTRAX icon
     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. atopile icon
     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
     
  10. SoloPCB icon
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    The SoloPCB editor is the workhorse of the SoloPCB Design suite. SoloPCB uses preset technology files aligned with your chosen manufacturer to ensure that your designs can be manufactured quickly and within minimal issues.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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