Micro-Cap Alternatives

Apps similar to Micro-Cap include KiCad, which is free and open source. Other options are Circuit JS, QUCS, LibrePCB and LTspice. Circuit Simulators like Micro-Cap are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and iPhone.

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  1. 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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  2. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. This electronic circuit simulator is highly interactive giving the feeling of playing with real components. It's very helpful for experimentation and visualization. It's a desktop version of the Circuit JS.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. 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
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  5. 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.

    40 Ngspice alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. 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.

    28 CircuitLab alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Upverter icon
     13 likes

    We build the pickaxes of hardware engineering. Ideation tools, schematic capture, PCB layout, design hosting, parts library management, and affordable prototyping.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. TINA icon
     9 likes

    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.

    52 TINA alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  9. LochMaster icon
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    Developers tool for strip board projects. It has useful functions for designing, documenting and testing project boards. Therefore you will find functions like auto-generation of components lists, a connection test, a editable library with a large number of symbols and...

    50 LochMaster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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