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DIY Layout Creator

Circuit layout design tool supporting PCB, vero-board, point-to-point, perf-board and guitar wiring diagrams.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository: debugging.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“🎸 Perfect for guitar pedal builders, guitar, synth, audio and HAM enthusiasts! DIYLC is particularly useful for designing, analyzing, and debugging guitar wiring diagrams, helping musicians and builders plan and…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of DIY Layout Creator is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Few recent updates

About

DIY Layout Creator (DIYLC in short) is a powerful, but simple to use and intuitive tool for visualizing electronic circuit schematic and layout diagrams. It provides a simple WYSIWYG interface and supports designing PCB, vero-board, point-to-point, perf-board and guitar wiring diagrams as well as circuit schematics quickly and without the steep learning curve. In addition to drawing, the projects can be shared with other users through the integrated 'Cloud' feature. Guitar wiring diagrams can be analyzed and debugged. DIYLC is geared towards DIY hobby enthusiasts and is developed by an enthusiast with the help of the large community of DIY builders.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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