PLC-Ladder Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to PLC-Ladder include CODESYS, which is free for personal use. Other options are FORGE PLC Simulator, ClassicLadder and PLC Simulator. In total there are four sites and apps like PLC-Ladder for Windows and Linux.

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  1. CODESYS icon
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    CODESYS is the leading manufacturer-independent IEC 61131-3 automation software for engineering control systems. It is used to program many hundreds of different controllers, PLCs, PACs and other automation system, even via an Industry 4.0 interface.

    14 CODESYS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. FORGE runs in the browser with no install. Write Ladder, Structured Text, Function Block Diagram and SFC logic, step it one scan at a time, build an HMI screen and test it on a machine scene. The editor, simulator and HMI Studio are free with no account.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  3. An open source project to have a free ladder and sequential (grafcet) programming software coded in C language (to be used for educational as PLC Simulator, training, in Software PLC on PC computers or embedded platforms, ...).

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Online PLC programming simulator for Ladder Logic and Structured Text, with live scan-cycle visualisation, HMI tools, robots and 3D factory scenarios.

    4 PLC Simulator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Online
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