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I am a long time user/contributer to horizon-eda. In fact I made their original landing page at https://horizon-eda.org https://horizon-eda.org and designed the
by atoav 3y ago
I am a long time user/contributer to horizon-eda. In fact I made their original landing page at https://horizon-eda.org https://horizon-eda.org and designed the logo.
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.
- stavros 3y agoI 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.
- Tryanasorus 3y ago[dead]
- stavros 3y agoThere'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.
- atoav 3y agoHuh? There is a Debian package: https://horizon-eda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#debian-ubuntu 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.
- eqvinox 3y agoI 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.)
- stavros 3y agoThat makes sense, though the home page should definitely link to something that says that, instead of a single downloadable Windows installer.