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24 alternatives to Fritzing

Open Source Hardware layout design for hardware prototyping

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fritzing launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Stretch – A high-performance cross-platform layout engine in Rust▲213

   2019 · vislyhq.github.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   O'Reilly Hardware - The Hidden Complexity of Power Supplies▲52

   Discovering unexpected sophistication in everyday objects

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   CUBE▲139

   Mobile projector

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Layout – Cropping is Hard▲68

   Figma, and the future of design tools

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Sway, a tiling window manager and compositor for Wayland▲163

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Dwell▲267

   A social network for the design-obsessed

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Precursor▲227

   A real-time collaborative prototyping tool

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8MG
   Magic Grid – A simple JavaScript library for dynamic grid layouts▲167

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   UI Design System▲180

   Starter kit for Sketch to create awesome user interfaces.

   2017 · its alternatives →

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    kiUi – Lightweight auto-layout stylable UI toolkit▲136

    2015 · novembermonk.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Origami▲109

    A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer

    2013 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    LittleBits - the bitLab▲84

    The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13PB
    Physics-based CAD▲104

    2016 · prandtl.design · its alternatives →

14. 14NS
    New Sub-Reddit for Hardware Startups▲65

    2012 · reddit.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Perch▲70

    A New Paradigm for Product Display

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hardware Hacker▲63

    Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Airgora▲130

    A visual community for physical product designers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Mitya▲87

    Prototyping for Interaction Designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    CircuitLab, an in-browser schematic editor and circuit simulator▲46

    2012 · circuitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    CircuitHub▲63

    AWS for hardware startups and makers.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Prototypo▲83

    Streamlining font creation with open source typeface editor

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22DD
    Design, data-structure, algorithm problems and their solutions▲103

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AH
    An HN-Style Site for Integrated Circuits Folks▲21

    2014 · clktok.efabless.com · its alternatives →

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    Automated Responsive Design Testing▲65

    A step-by-step guide to cross-browser layout testing

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →