The Best Open Source Proteus PCB design AlternativesTop Circuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like Proteus PCB design

The best open source alternative to Proteus PCB design is KiCad. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Proteus PCB design and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Proteus PCB design are Fritzing, QUCS, LibrePCB and Ktechlab.

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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
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
     
  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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. LibrePCB icon
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    LibrePCB is a free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards. It’s currently under heavy development to bring out first stable releases as soon as possible.

    52 LibrePCB alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  4. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    56 gEDA Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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.

    38 Ngspice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Circuit Diagram is a free application for making electronic circuit diagrams and exporting them as images. Design circuits online in your browser or using the desktop application.

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    • Windows
    • Online
     
  9. eSim icon
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    eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
     
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