EAGLE PCB design software
Shares rank 4 of 6 PCB design software by recommenders
Recommended for circuit board design, especially with its EAGLE.DTD schema for AI tools, though critics say the Autodesk acquisition hurt it and KiCad is better. Some quotes mix in an image library app.
Recommended for circuit board design, especially with its EAGLE.DTD schema for AI tools, though critics say the Autodesk acquisition hurt it and KiCad is better. Some quotes mix in an image library app.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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Other PCB design software people recommend
The four most recommended other PCB design software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KiCad | 99 | 20 | 83% | 12 | 5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Altium Designer | 9 | 12 | 43% | 6 | — | — |
| EasyEDA | 8 | 4 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
| EAGLE PCB design softwareThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
| Copperhead | 6 | 3 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Kicad is a joy to use compared to eagle, and library is even better.”
“especially if you give it the EAGLE.DTD schema that CadSoft provides”
“the underrated movie The Eagle”
“Eagle3 was great at low context”
“dedicated black holes with better viewing features such as Raindrop.io, Apple Photos, and Eagle 4”
“Thanks these are genuinely helpful.”
“I've moved to simply having a local image/video database UI app like Eagle”
“Their acquisition of EAGLE did nobody any favors.”
“proprietary solutions shutting down (Eagle)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.