LibrePCB is an EDA application to develop printed circuit boards.
The software uses the Qt widget toolkit.
The software is released under an open source license.
Key Features
- 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 for both libraries and projects.
- Multi-PCB feature (different PCB variants of the same schematic).
- Automatic netlist synchronisation between schematic and board.
- Multilingual (both application and library elements).
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Website: librepcb.org
Support: Documentation, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Urban Bruhin and many contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
LibrePCB is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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