Free Pspice AlternativesTop Circuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like Pspice

The best free alternative to Pspice is Circuit JS, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Pspice and 19 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Pspice are LTspice, QUCS, EasyEDA and Ktechlab.

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Software for Simulating Voltage and Currents of a text file net-list of a electronics components such as Resistors, Capacitors, inductors, transisters, Diodes, Voltage and Current Sources, etc.

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Pspice alternatives page was last updated Oct 23, 2023
  1. Circuit JS icon
     59 likes

    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.

    48 Circuit JS alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Circuit JS Features

    1.  Circuit Simulation
    2.  Browser-based
    3.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from November 2022.

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    I am an open source lover.

    Positive commentMay 2, 2021
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    • Most users think Circuit JS is a great Pspice alternative.

    • Circuit JS is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Pspice.

    • Circuit JS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pspice.

    • Circuit JS is Free and Open SourcePspice is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. LTspice icon
     20 likes

    LTspice IV is a high performance Spice III simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with enhancements and models for easing the simulation of switching regulators.

    37 LTspice alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    LTspice Features

    1.  Electron valves
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    this is better interface in lesser memory space

    Positive commentFeb 28, 2021
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    • Most users think LTspice is a great Pspice alternative.

    • LTspice is Free and ProprietaryPspice is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. QUCS icon
     34 likes

    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.

    38 QUCS alternatives
    QUCS screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. EasyEDA icon
     18 likes

    EasyEDA - Web-based and desktop EDA suite; runs in browser, Windows, Mac, or Linux. Schematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.

    54 EasyEDA alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  5. Ktechlab icon
     26 likes

    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.

    29 Ktechlab alternatives
    Ktechlab screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Portable
    5.  Dark Mode
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  6. PipeWalker icon
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    This is a puzzle game in which you need to combine the components into a single circuit: connect all computers to a network server, bring water to the taps, etc.

    36 PipeWalker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    PipeWalker Features

    1.  Portable
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  7. CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod icon
     11 likes

    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.

    35 CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod alternatives
    1.2.5

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Interactive Visualization
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  8. Qucs-S icon
     1 like

    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.

    33 Qucs-S alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. BlackBoard Circuit Designer icon
     4 likes

    Help building prototypes on so called breadboards easily.

    10 BlackBoard Circuit Designer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    BlackBoard Circuit Designer Features

    1.  Java based
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  10. Ngspice icon
     6 likes

    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.

    39 Ngspice alternatives
    ngspice on KDE (Linux) with gschem in background

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Solve Elec icon
     2 likes

    Solve Elec is a free educational program to draw and analyze electrical circuits.

    36 Solve Elec alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Micro-Cap icon
     4 likes

    Integrated schematic editor and simulator. Dynamic analysis updates waveforms and curves as you edit Native digital simulator Worst Case analysis to find the statistical and extreme limits of performance Smoke Analysis to assess how close the circuit is to violating maximum opera.

    48 Micro-Cap alternatives
    Integrated schematic editor and simulator

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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