Fritzing AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Circuit Simulators

The best free Circuit Simulator alternative to Fritzing is KiCad, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Fritzing and 12 are free Circuit Simulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Circuit Simulator alternatives to Fritzing are Velxio, LibrePCB, EasyEDA and Wokwi Arduino Simulator.

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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...

    62 KiCad alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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  2. Velxio icon
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    Emulate Arduino, ESP32 & Raspberry Pi. in your browser. Write code, compile, and run on 19 real boards — Arduino Uno, ESP32, ESP32-C3, Raspberry Pi Pico, Raspberry Pi 3, and more. No hardware, no cloud, no limits.

    5 Velxio alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. LibrePCB icon
     23 likes

    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.

    53 LibrePCB alternatives

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    • Flathub
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  4. EasyEDA icon
     20 likes

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

    56 EasyEDA alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. tscircuit icon
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    tscircuit is a framework for designing real electronics with Typescript and React. Your tscircuit code compiles into real-time previews for PCBs, schematics, 3D models and can be exported to fabrication files for manufacturing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  7. 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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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Educational virtual 3D laboratory simulator helps students, teachers, and tutors conduct electrical circuit experiments by providing realistic equipment access anywhere, avoiding availability issues and safety hazards, and enhancing learning with immediate feedback and...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. 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
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  10. Circuit Canvas is a modern, browser-based electronics circuit diagram tool designed for speed and clarity—no installs, no file management, just clean schematics you can draw, save, and share instantly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Online tool to draw wiring and circuit diagrams, with a built-in SPICE simulator so you can test a circuit before you build it.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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