KiCad Alternatives

KiCad is described as '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' and is a very popular circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to KiCad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best KiCad alternative is Fritzing. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Velxio or LibrePCB. Other great apps like KiCad are Autodesk EAGLE, Altium Designer, Square Sketch and Proteus PCB design.

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  1. VisCircuit icon
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    VisCircuit is a note-taking tool that contains an easy circuit diagram drawer and a beautiful note editor, designed to help you learn about electronics and circuits more easily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Circuit Wizard is a revolutionary new system that combines circuit design, PCB design, simulation and CAD/CAM in one complete package.

    46 Circuit Wizard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. 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.

    36 CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Livewire icon
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    Livewire is a sophisticated software package for designing and simulating electronic circuits.

    41 Livewire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. The main home page for the Robot Room Copper Connection PCB editing software. The Copper Connection application lets you design circuit boards.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Printed Circuit Board Design Made Easy: Professional-Grade PCB Design Software with Free Live Technical Support. PCB Artist Includes Features Such as Multi-Page Schematics and Netlist Import.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Micro-Cap icon
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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. Coulomb icon
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    Coulomb is a simple and elegant circuit simulator written using Java, Gtk4 and libadwaita.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. myNetPCB icon
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    Circuit schematic and PCB design tool for Win/Linux/Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. OmniGlyph icon
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    OmniGlyph (CIRCAD) is a powerful and easy-to-use PCB Design package. Included within one clean and simple program are ample tools for all aspects of circuit design and manufacturing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Sprint-Layout icon
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    With Sprint-Layout you can design your PCB’s quick and easy. There is no unnecessary “ballast” which makes it difficult to keep the overview or which makes the usage almost impossible. Because of the logical and understandable strucure of Sprint-Layout the usage is very easy to...

    33 Sprint-Layout alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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