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LibrePCB vs Trimble Electrical Designer

LibrePCB

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Trimble Electrical Designer

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FigureLibrePCBTrimble Electrical Designer
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published23
Spec score · Electrical Design Software8.7 (#3)5.6 (#39)
Founded20131978

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LibrePCB

  • FreeFree
  • LibrePCBFree

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Trimble Electrical Designer

  • Trimble Electrical Designer 2D - BasePriced on request
  • Trimble Electrical Designer 2D - ProPriced on request
  • Trimble Electrical Designer 2D - Pro+Priced on request

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In their own words

LibrePCB

LibrePCB is free, open-source electronic design automation software for drawing schematics and designing printed circuit boards. It runs as a desktop application on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and works fully offline without an online account. The schematic editor supports multi-page designs, live electrical rule checking, and automatic forward annotation to the board editor. Board tools include design-rule checking, a live 3D viewer, and multi-layer layouts with blind and buried vias. EAGLE projects and DXF files can be imported, while output jobs include Gerber, Excellon, CSV BOM, STEP, PDF, and SVG. An integrated library manager handles official libraries; users may also use their own. Projects and libraries use human-readable canonical text files, and projects carry their needed library items and settings. Users can order boards through LibrePCB Fab or export production data. GPLv3 licensing covers the source.

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Trimble Electrical Designer

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