Autodesk will no longer sell nor support EAGLE by 2026

by margoron 6/7/2023, 6:27 PMwith 6 comments

by spacedcowboyon 6/7/2023, 6:32 PM

Autodesk taking a 3-year subscription from me, and then not releasing a single thing during that time, not even fixing bugs, was the reason I decided "Never again does Autodesk get to bill me".

If they'll do it once, they'll do it again. Moved to Altium and although it was expensive, it was a 1-off cost for a permanent license, and I got ~20 years of use out of Eagle, if I amortize the cost over the same time period it's not so bad - and it's orders of magnitude better, even if that does come with a steeper learning curve.

Friends don't let friends use Autodesk software.

by bitwrangleron 6/7/2023, 6:40 PM

A few years ago I switched to KiCad https://www.kicad.org/

It's worked well for me, and can use libraries from Digikey and open source contributors.

by eternityforeston 6/7/2023, 6:57 PM

LibrePCB is making progress fast. I haven't tried KiCAD in the last year, I've heard it's better now but I hated it a few years back.

Libre has a fairly Eagle-like UI with a slightly saner parts creation process. I'm a big fan.