Been a huge fan of LibrePCB and especially the improvements in the past 3-4 releases. I have found it generally to be more performant than KiCAD and for building my own footprint and library tooling alongside, LibrePCB's library design paradigm works a lot better to me than does KiCAD's.
I wish it were easier to extend the way the KiCAD plugin system is, but I also have a lot of respect for the developer's approach. High-performance, choose features carefully, everything can be done local or with Git with no cloud dependencies.
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Been a huge fan of LibrePCB and especially the improvements in the past 3-4 releases. I have found it generally to be more performant than KiCAD and for building my own footprint and library tooling alongside, LibrePCB's library design paradigm works a lot better to me than does KiCAD's.
I wish it were easier to extend the way the KiCAD plugin system is, but I also have a lot of respect for the developer's approach. High-performance, choose features carefully, everything can be done local or with Git with no cloud dependencies.