gEDA Project AlternativesElectronic Design Automation Tools & Circuit Simulators like gEDA Project

gEDA Project is described as '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' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to gEDA Project for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best gEDA Project alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like gEDA Project are Fritzing, Square Sketch, Circuit JS and LibrePCB.

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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. Fritzing icon
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    Open-source initiative aiding designers, artists, and researchers in transforming prototypes to actual products, documenting circuits, sharing, teaching, and PCB manufacturing.

    57 Fritzing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
  3. Square Sketch icon
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    Digital graph paper for diagrams, technical sketches and geometric art.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Autodesk EAGLE icon
     34 likes

    EDA software that enables PCB designers to connect schematics, position components, route PCBs, and access extensive libraries, with features like SPICE simulation, drag-and-drop functionality, alignment tools, 3D models for enclosure fit, and direct links to manufacturers for parts replacement.

    47 Autodesk EAGLE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. EasyEDA icon
     20 likes

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

    54 EasyEDA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Altium Designer icon
     18 likes

    Features a unified workflow for schematic capture, PCB layout, mixed analog/digital simulation, signal integrity analysis, real-time 3D editing, ECAD-MCAD collaboration, component libraries, collaborative design tools, BOM generation, routing, and manufacturing outputs.

    51 Altium Designer alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  8. 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.

    34 CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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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