KiCad Alternatives

KiCad is described as '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' and is a very popular circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to KiCad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best KiCad alternative is Fritzing. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try LibrePCB or EasyEDA. Other great apps like KiCad are Autodesk EAGLE, Altium Designer, Square Sketch and Proteus PCB design.

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KiCad 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 Android, iPad, Mac and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to KiCad.
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  1. DipTrace icon
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    DipTrace - Professional Schematic Capture and PCB Design Software

    Are you looking for a professional and easy-to-use PCB Design software with powerful autorouter and reasonable price? Try DipTrace and you will be surprised! DipTrace is a complete state-of-the-art PCB Design Syst.

    36 DipTrace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  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. TINA icon
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    TINA Design Suite is a powerful circuit simulation package for analyzing, designing, and real time testing of analog, digital, VHDL, MCU, SMPS, RF, communication, optoelectronic and mixed electronic circuits and their PCB layouts.

    51 TINA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  4. Razen icon
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Flux.ai is the most popular SaaS alternative to KiCad.

    • Flux.ai is Free Personal and ProprietaryKiCad is Free and Open Source
  6. Upverter icon
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    We build the pickaxes of hardware engineering. Ideation tools, schematic capture, PCB layout, design hosting, parts library management, and affordable prototyping.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. atopile icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  9. MeowCAD icon
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    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
     
  10. VUTRAX icon
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    Professional electronics schematic and PCB (Printed circuit board) design package

    48 VUTRAX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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