LTspice AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Circuit Simulators

The best Circuit Simulator alternative to LTspice is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to LTspice and many of them are Circuit Simulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Circuit Simulator alternatives to LTspice are QUCS, Pspice, Circuit JS and Proteus PCB design.

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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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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Docker
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  2. QUCS icon
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    The Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (QUCS) is an integrated circuit simulator allowing the simulation and graphical presentation of results of large-signal, small-signal and noise behavior in circuits.

    37 QUCS alternatives

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  3. Pspice icon
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    Software for Simulating Voltage and Currents of a text file net-list of a electronics components such as Resistors, Capacitors, inductors, transisters, Diodes, Voltage and Current Sources, etc.

    34 Pspice alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  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.

    49 Circuit JS alternatives

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    • Online
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  5. Proteus PCB design combines the schematic capture and ARES PCB layout programs to provide a powerful, integrated and easy to use suite of tools for professional PCB Design.

    50 Proteus PCB design alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. 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.

    40 Ngspice alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. NI Circuit Design Suite software improves the PCB design process by integrating capture, simulation, and layout into a single toolchain with NI Multisim and Ultiboard software.

    46 NI Circuit Design Suite Power Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  8. 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.

    32 Qucs-S alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. VoltSim icon
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    VoltSim is an interactive realtime circuit simulator. It has digital and analog components and even Integrated Circuits. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.

    10 VoltSim alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  10. 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.

    52 TINA alternatives

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    • Online
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  11. ECSP icon
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    A fast, interactive, browser-based analogue circuits and power system simulator for engineers, lecturers and students. It works entirely within a web browser without installing desktop software.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • CH flagSwitzerland
    Interactive single phase power flow analysis.
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