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KiCad

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...

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • PortableApps.com
  • Docker
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Multiplatform
  2.  Circuit Simulation
  3.  3D Renderer
  4.  Portable
  5.  Wast library
  6.  3d sketching

 Tags

  • pcb-layout
  • engineering
  • modeling
  • eda
  • schematic-capture
  • Electronics

KiCad News & Activities

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    x8dqs477fq added KiCad as alternative to Circuit Canvas
  • amrkhaled8181, paranoiddownloader, solandre-wyze-ap-shelta and dopehat006 liked KiCad
  • babsors, kaekazeh and evillan liked KiCad
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Currently the most advanced free/libre software for schematic and PCB design

lostis
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Best free Software for EDA Open Hardware development

kiminariyamamoto
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Many features and powerful but it is not very convenient and intuitive to use.

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What is KiCad?

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 materials list, and PCB layout.

Description-Source: Wikipedia

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KiCad information

  • Developed by

    The KiCad Developers

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    59 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about KiCad, and it has gotten 118 likes

KiCad was added to AlternativeTo by nickoe on and this page was last updated .