# Falstad Circuit Simulator

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Falstad Circuit Simulator and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free circuit simulator people recommend for learning electronics basics, with a nice animated display.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful for learning circuit basics (2 comments): "electronic circuit emulators will help with the basics as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539316)) "Some people like Everycircuit and Falstad for that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47137181))
- Well regarded for circuit simulation (2 comments): "Some people like Everycircuit and Falstad for that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47137181)) "falstad does this well in 2D" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47142609))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Circuit Artist](https://hackerapproved.com/p/circuit-artist.md): 11 recommend
- [CircuitJS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/circuitjs.md): 7 recommend
- [NAND-16](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nand-16.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Falstad Circuit Simulator", https://hackerapproved.com/p/falstad-circuit-simulator/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).