Fritzing

Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to take the step from physical prototyping to actual product.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

KiCad

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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

EAGLE

The EAGLE Layout Editor is an easy to use, yet powerful tool for designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). The program consists of three main modules: Layout Editor, Schematic Editor, and Autorouter.

Commercial

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.

Free Open Source Linux

QUCS

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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Proteus PCB design

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.

Commercial Windows

Altium Designer

Altium Designer software is for PCB design.

Commercial Windows

Logisim

Logisim is an educational tool for designing and simulating digital logic circuits.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

NI Circuit Design Suite Power Pro

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.

Commercial Windows

DesignSpark PCB

The World’s Most Powerful Free Schematic and PCB Layout

Free Windows

TINA

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.

Commercial Windows Web

Upverter

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

Commercial Web

DipTrace

DipTrace - Professional Schematic Capture and PCB Design Software Are you looking for a professional and easy-to-use PCB Design software with powerful autorouter and reasonable price? Try DipTrace and you will be surprised! DipTrace is...

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

Electronics Workbench

In 1999 the companies merged, and renamed itself after its most well known product, Electronics Workbench.

Commercial Windows

iCircuit

Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone iPad Windows Phone

OrCAD (All Products)

The Cadence OrCAD product line provides affordable, high-performance PCB design tools that boost productivity for smaller design teams and individual PCB designers.

Commercial Windows

LibrePCB

LibrePCB is a free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards. It’s currently under heavy development to bring out first stable releases as soon as possible.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Schematics

Schematics.com empowers engineers to design, share, and collaborate on circuit design online.

Free Personal Web

Ngspice

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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Micro-Cap

Micro-Cap 11 is an integrated schematic editor and mixed analog/digital simulator that provides an interactive sketch and simulate environment for electronics engineers.

Commercial Windows