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CircuitSim's answer:
CircuitSim earns the choice when the constraint is the browser: students on Chromebooks, online courses, schools where IT will not install desktop software. Within that space, CircuitSim pairs true SPICE simulation with classroom licensing, private student seats that need no login, and an importer for Digilent's Multisim Live files.
CircuitSim's answer:
CircuitSim runs a real SPICE engine entirely in the browser. Simulation results match what desktop SPICE tools produce, with nothing to install. On top of the simulator there is a large searchable component catalog and classroom groups with private student seats: a teacher shares a join link and students work without creating accounts, which keeps classes clear of the student-privacy problems that come with provisioning accounts. CircuitSim also imports designs from Digilent's Multisim Live, which matters right now because Digilent is retiring Multisim Live in September 2026.
CircuitSim's answer:
Educators and students, mostly. The core user teaches circuits somewhere that desktop software is not an option: community college electronics programs, university ECE labs, online courses, and K-12 engineering classes where students are on Chromebooks. Outside the classroom, hobbyists and working engineers use CircuitSim for quick analog and digital simulation without installing anything. A large share of new users right now are instructors moving their courses over from Digilent's Multisim Live before it retires in September 2026.
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Community college electronics and engineering technology programs University ECE departments running browser-based circuit labs K-12 engineering and CTE courses on Chromebooks Instructors migrating classes from Digilent's Multisim Live ahead of its September 2026 retirement
Based on our record, LibrePCB seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 6 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
There's also https://librepcb.org/ Has anyone had time to try Horizon and/or LibrePCB and compare them to KiCad? - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago
On the open source front, LibrePCB seems to be the only contender, never used it myself, but have heard good things and met some devs at a conference and they were nice. The level of support you get there may be a bit more personal. Otoh, if you've never designed PCBs before, it may be hard to even tell if something is a bug... Source: over 3 years ago
I would throw LibrePCB into the mix. Coming from Eagle, it was easier for me to grasp than KiCad. Source: over 3 years ago
Also LibrePCB at https://librepcb.org A bit "lighter" in size than KiCad. Source: over 4 years ago
I've been turning out some nice results from LibrePCB. It has a learning curve like anything else but its not an impossibly convoluted workflow like some of the more established FOSS programs out there. Source: almost 5 years ago
KiCad - A Cross Platform and Open Source Electronics Design Automation Suite
Multisim - Multisim is industry standard SPICE simulation and circuit design software for analog, digital, and power electronics in education and research.
Fritzing - Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to...
CircuitLab - Sketch, simulate, and share your circuits, entirely in your browser -- no install required.
EasyEDA - EasyEDA - Web-based EDA suite; runs in browser.
DCACLab - Electronic circuit simulator for STEM works online, Simulate and troubleshoot broken circuits in a rich simulation environment, easy to learn.
