KiCad Alternatives

Fritzing

Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to take the step from physical prototyping to actual product. We are creating this software in the spirit of Processing and Arduino, developing a tool that allows users to document their Arduino and other electronic-based prototypes, share them with others, teach electronics in a classroom, and to create a pcb layout for manufacturing.

Features:

• Education
• Prototyping

Autodesk EAGLE

* Quickly test your ideas and validate circuit performance with a complete suite of SPICE simulation methods. * Drag-and-drop reusable design blocks between your projects, complete with synchronized schematic and PCB circuitry. * Precisely arrange and order PCB design objects with a complete set of alignment tools. * Route complex PCB layouts and maneuver around your design to easily get your trace to its destination. * Don’t rely on luck to fit your board in its enclosure.

gEDA Project

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.

LibrePCB

Cross-platform (Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) All-in-one (project management, library/schematic/board editors) Intuitive, modern and easy-to-use graphical user interface Very powerful library design with some innovative concepts Human-readable file formats Open Source (GNU GPLv3)