Re:Ask HN: Best open source and/or free EDA tooling
by stavros on Monday January 29, 2024 @10:44AM
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I know this is a bit of a useless comment, but doesn't only offering a Windows package prevent most people who want to use this from trying it? Horizon might be amazing, but if I can't run it on Linux, I've closed the tab.
Re:Ask HN: Best open source and/or free EDA tooling
by Tryanasorus on Monday January 29, 2024 @11:26AM
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I've been very happily using Horizon on Ubuntu and Linux Mint for years.
And to be clear I'm not an advanced Linux user, I just followed the instructions here and I can install and update it in the Software GUI like any other package: https://horizon-eda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.ht...
Re:Ask HN: Best open source and/or free EDA tooling
by stavros on Monday January 29, 2024 @11:27AM
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There's a Linux package?! Then it's a massive blunder that the "Download" button on the home page goes to the GitHub releases, where there's only a Windows installer.
Re:Ask HN: Best open source and/or free EDA tooling
by atoav on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:35PM
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Huh? There is a Debian package: https://horizon-eda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.ht...
I run it both on Windows and Linux and it works fine. The only thing it does not run on (as of now) is OSX, because of some GTK-issue, but once that is resolved there is no reason why it couldn't.
Re:Ask HN: Best open source and/or free EDA tooling
by eqvinox on Monday January 29, 2024 @02:35PM
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I think there's a misunderstanding there, Horizon EDA is available as a standard distro package; there's no "Linux package download" because there's no need for one (and creating packages as a 3rd party is a minefield.)
During that time I created roughly 10 finished (and working) projects using the software.
The only downside compared to KiCAD is that the official parts library is smaller. But what is in there goes through a review process and is often verified by other builders. There are also fancy things like 3D views, length tuning, alternate footprints, board layouts consisting of multiple boards, ...
If you are one of the people who has no problem creating their own footprints and always wanted to like KiCAD, but is driven insane by the UX, this one might be it.