gEDA Project
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What both publish
| Fact | gEDA Project | LibrePCB |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | The project was started to provide free EDA tools for UNIX. | The maker describes it as suitable for makers, students and professionals, from beginners to experts. |
| Product | gEDA is a suite of Electronic Design Automation tools for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production. | LibrePCB is electronic design automation software for drawing schematics and designing printed circuit boards. |
| Schematic editor | gschem is a schematic editor. | The schematic editor supports multi-page flat schematics, automatic board synchronization, live electrical-rule checking, assembly data and EAGLE project import. |
| Support | The project README points users to its documentation wiki, the geda-user mailing list, and the gEDA Answers page on Launchpad for help. | User help is provided through the forum, Matrix, issue tracker and community; paid support and feature development are available on request. |
gEDA Project plans
- gEDAFree
LibrePCB plans
- FreeFree
- LibrePCBFree
Pick gEDA Project if…
gEDA suits Linux users who need free tools for circuit schematics, simulation, or PCB design. It may also suit developers comfortable building software from source and using the listed command-line utilities.
Pick LibrePCB if…
LibrePCB suits makers, students, and professionals, from beginners to experts, who need schematic and PCB design tools. It may also suit users who want offline desktop software and self-contained projects.