Open Source LTspice Alternatives for Linux

LTspice is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is KiCad. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to LTspice and 11 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to LTspice are QUCS, Circuit JS, Ngspice and Qucs-S.

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LTspice alternatives are mainly Circuit Simulators, but if you're looking for Electronic Design Automation Tools or IDEs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, iPad, iPad + Circuit Simulation, Android, Free, Open Source and iPhone. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to LTspice.
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  1. KiCad icon
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    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...

    59 KiCad alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. QUCS icon
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    The Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (QUCS) is an integrated circuit simulator allowing the simulation and graphical presentation of results of large-signal, small-signal and noise behavior in circuits.

    36 QUCS alternatives

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  3. Circuit JS icon
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    This is a javascript electronic circuit simulator. When the applet starts up you will see an animated schematic of a simple LRC circuit. The green color indicates positive voltage. The gray color indicates ground. A red color indicates negative voltage.

    47 Circuit JS alternatives

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    • Online
     
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  4. Ngspice icon
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    Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator. Its code is based on three open source software packages: Spice3f5, Cider1b1 and Xspice. Ngspice is part of gEDA project, a full GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Qucs-S icon
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    Qucs-S is a spin-off of the Qucs cross-platform circuit simulator. "S" letter indicates SPICE. The purpose of the Qucs-S subproject is to use free SPICE circuit simulation kernels with the Qucs GUI.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  6. OpenModelica icon
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    OpenModelica – A Free Modelica Environment! OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Its long-term development is supported by a non-profit organization – the Open Source Modelica Consortium (OS.

    48 OpenModelica alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  7. Ktechlab icon
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    KTechLab is an IDE for microcontrollers and electronics. It supports circuit simulation, program development for microcontrollers and simulating the programmed microcontroller together with its application circuit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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  8. Xcos icon
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    Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.

    101 Xcos alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. Oregano icon
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    oregano - An electrical engineering tool for GNOME

    oregano is an application for schematic capture and simulation of electronic circuits. The actual simulation is performed by Berkeley Spice, or GNUcap or the new generation ngspice which is required for simulation, but not neces.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  11. Emulino icon
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    Emulino is an emulator for the Arduino platform by Greg Hewgill, originally found on emulino: arduino cpu emulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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