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Lepton EDA vs KiCad: catalog facts
Lepton EDA	KiCad
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Best for: Electronics hobbyists and engineers who want gEDA-style schematic capture	Best for: Designing a circuit board end to end without a commercial licence
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. Donations are handled through the Linux Foundation.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Continues the gEDA schematic and netlisting tools Free and open source Includes a symbol library and example projects Command-line tools fit into scripted workflows	Schematic capture, PCB layout, 3D viewer and Gerber export in one suite No limits on board size, layer count or exports Large bundled symbol and footprint libraries, plus a plugin manager Windows, macOS, Linux AppImage and Flathub builds
Schematics and netlisting only; PCB layout needs a separate program Mainly built from source on Unix-like systems	A real learning curve; the workflow is unlike a drawing program Simulation is basic next to dedicated SPICE packages Library management trips up most newcomers at least once
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Lepton EDA github.com/lepton-eda/lepton-eda Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for KiCad kicad.org kicad.org/download Catalog checked September 21, 2026

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