si-eda
An AI native EDA suite that turns a plain language brief into a simulated schematic, a routed board and a fabrication package through its 188-tool MCP server.
Summary rewritten from the vendor site because the catalog version did not match it.
What it does and how it connects
SiEDA is an AI-native electronic design automation suite for macOS, Linux and Windows. Describe a product in plain language and it turns it into a verified schematic, a simulated circuit, a routed board, a 3D assembly and fabrication-ready files, with every step staying editable. The app is SwiftUI on macOS, with a C++17 engine, and a Linux and Windows build called SiEDA Studio that runs in the browser.
The pipeline runs through a team of AI agents, Requirements Analyst, Circuit Architect, Plan Compiler, Verification, Design Reviewer and PCB Layout, with Claude as the default and OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, SiEDA's own on-device model, or no AI at all as alternatives. Its MCP server, sieda-mcp, exposes 188 tools, so Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT desktop or a local LLM can capture schematics, search the catalog, simulate, place and route boards, run ERC and DRC, look at rendered pictures and write Gerbers, with file access staying inside one folder and a read-only mode available.
Coverage stated in the README includes schematic capture with hierarchy and variants, a built-in MNA simulation engine with DC, AC, transient, noise and temperature sweeps, push-and-shove routing with differential pairs and length tuning, a 2D field solver for impedance and loss, SDRAM and DDR memory design checks, 1,675 catalog parts, KiCad, Eagle and Altium library import, and manufacturing output as Gerber X2, Excellon, IPC-2581C, ODB++, STEP, and an interactive HTML BOM.
Alternatives
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- Quilter
A cloud platform that generates complete PCB layout candidates from a schematic and board outline, rather than a full design suite.
- eda-agent
An MCP server that drives a live Altium Designer session, rather than a standalone EDA suite with its own editor.
Recurring errors it addresses
Error Index entries this tool is built to reduce or work around.
- Interactive routing creates unwanted micro-segments and awkward paths that take time to clean up.Error Index
- Grid snap and move commands can disconnect items or reposition them in unwanted ways.Error Index
- GUI lag, occasional freezes, and sluggish editor switching interrupt concentration.Error Index
- Wayland/NVIDIA users report graphical glitches, flicker, or instability.Error Index
Sources
Not verified
- Pricing: none stated on the repo; the Suppliers section describes live part pricing from distributors, not a price for SiEDA itself.
- Real user voices: no real linked post read for this page; recent issues are all by the maintainer.
- No GitHub releases exist, so latest release fields are null.
- A named individual builder beyond the repository owner handle srinivasan-fh
- The catalog one-liner says a 170-tool MCP server; the README badge and at-a-glance table say 188 tools, so the one-liner was rewritten with 188.
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.