They Used to Be a Big Shot, Now Eagle Is No More

[tylerag]

I tried to use it 10 years ago, before AutoCAD bought it. I wasn't very successful, although admittedly I didn't know what I was doing. Today, KiCad is more than capable for anything a hobbyist would work on. Eagle is just an interesting footnote.

[JohnFen]

Eagle was dead the moment that Autodesk bought it and turned it into subscription software. Subscription software is just too risky to depend on for anything important.

[hakfoo]

It's also toxic on the low end.

As a hobbyist, I might want to spend a few weeks on designing PCBs, and then not again for months. I'll either have to over-buy an expensive annual contract or futz with activating and deactivating short-term subscriptions. Or use KiCAD or EasyEDA.

[rm445]

Autodesk are sunsetting it in favour of their subscription, cloud-based, always-online Fusion 360. Most Altium users are probably on a subscription too for that matter.

[JoeAltmaier]

My college roommate worked on that over the summer, the first version! Design rule checking, some layout tools, not a lot at first. He was very proud.