PCB & electronics

Schematic capture, PCB layout and circuit simulation.

KiCad

PCB & electronics

Open-source electronics design automation suite

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3k
Licence
GPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to Altium Designer, Eagle

LibrePCB

PCB & electronics

Beginner-friendly open-source EDA suite

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3k
Licence
GPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to Altium Designer, Eagle

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Qucs-S

PCB & electronics

Circuit simulator GUI using ngspice, Xyce and other engines

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1.4k
Licence
GPL-2.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to OrCAD

Horizon EDA

PCB & electronics

Modern EDA package for schematics and PCB layout

Stars
1.3k
Licence
GPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to Altium Designer, Eagle

EasyEDA

PCB & electronics

Free browser-based schematic and PCB design

Licence
Proprietary
Status
Free (proprietary)

Alternative to Altium Designer, Eagle

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ngspice

PCB & electronics

Open-source mixed-signal SPICE circuit simulator

Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Status
Open source

Alternative to OrCAD

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