QUCS AlternativesCircuit Simulators & Electronic Design Automation Tools like QUCS

QUCS is described as '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' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to QUCS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Flatpak apps. The best QUCS alternative is Circuit JS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QUCS are LTspice, EasyEDA, Proteus PCB design and Ktechlab.

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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.

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QUCS alternatives page was last updated Jul 12, 2022
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  1. 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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Circuit JS Features

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

    Circuit JS VS QUCS

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

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

    • Circuit JS is Free and Open SourceQUCS is also Free and Open Source
  2. LTspice icon
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    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.

    38 LTspice alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    LTspice Features

    1.  Electron valves

    LTspice VS QUCS

     
  3. EasyEDA icon
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    Schematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.

    55 EasyEDA alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    EasyEDA VS QUCS

     
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    Proteus PCB design combines the schematic capture and ARES PCB layout programs to provide a powerful, integrated and easy to use suite of tools for professional PCB Design.

    51 Proteus PCB design alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Proteus PCB design VS QUCS

     
    • Proteus PCB design is the most popular commercial alternative to QUCS.

    • Proteus PCB design is Paid and ProprietaryQUCS is Free and Open Source
  5. 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.

    28 Ktechlab alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  Dark Mode

    Ktechlab VS QUCS

     
  6. Altium Designer icon
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    Altium Designer software is for PCB design. From schematic capture to PCB design as well as FPGA Programmation, signal integrity check, mixed analog/digital simulation, this software is what you need when it comes to PCB design and all aspects of ECAD/ MCAD and team...

    51 Altium Designer alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Altium Designer VS QUCS

     
  7. Pspice icon
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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.

    32 Pspice alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Pspice VS QUCS

     
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    NI Circuit Design Suite software improves the PCB design process by integrating capture, simulation, and layout into a single toolchain with NI Multisim and Ultiboard software.

    46 NI Circuit Design Suite Power Pro alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    NI Circuit Design Suite Power Pro VS QUCS

     
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    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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Interactive Visualization

    CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod VS QUCS

     
  10. Multisim icon
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    Multisim is industry-standard SPICE simulation and circuit design software for analog, digital, and power electronics in education and research.

    33 Multisim alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Multisim VS QUCS

     
  11. 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.

    32 Qucs-S alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Qucs-S VS QUCS

     
  12. proteus VSM icon
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    A virtual simulation environment for electronic circuits with support of digital and analog devices. It also provides virtual instruments and virtual debugging tools.

    22 proteus VSM alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    proteus VSM VS QUCS

     
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