Livewire Alternatives

Livewire is described as 'Sophisticated software package for designing and simulating electronic circuits' and is a CAD software in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Livewire for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and Web-based apps. The best Livewire alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Livewire are Fritzing, Square Sketch, QUCS and LibrePCB.

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  1. 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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  2. 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
     
  3. 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.

    31 Qucs-S alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. 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.

    32 Multisim alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. Ngspice icon
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    Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator. Its code is based on three open source software packages: Spice3f5, Cider1b1 and Xspice. Ngspice is part of gEDA project, a full GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  6. Circuit Diagram is a free application for making electronic circuit diagrams and exporting them as images. Design circuits online in your browser or using the desktop application.

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    • Windows
    • Online
     
  7. iCircuit icon
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    iCircuit is the easy to use electronic circuit simulator and designer - the perfect tool for students, hobbyists, and engineers.

    46 iCircuit alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  8. atopile icon
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    atopile is a language and toolchain to describe electronic circuit boards with code. By replacing the point and click schematic interface with code, we introduce software development workflows like reuse, validation and automation to the world of electronics.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  9. TINA icon
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    TINA Design Suite is a powerful circuit simulation package for analyzing, designing, and real time testing of analog, digital, VHDL, MCU, SMPS, RF, communication, optoelectronic and mixed electronic circuits and their PCB layouts.

    51 TINA alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
     
  10. LochMaster icon
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    Developers tool for strip board projects. It has useful functions for designing, documenting and testing project boards. Therefore you will find functions like auto-generation of components lists, a connection test, a editable library with a large number of symbols and...

    50 LochMaster alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  11. Upverter icon
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    We build the pickaxes of hardware engineering. Ideation tools, schematic capture, PCB layout, design hosting, parts library management, and affordable prototyping.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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