EAGLE dying on June 7, 2026

[kostkaV5ARK]

Per a recent email:

Important changes are coming to EAGLE, included with your current Fusion 360 subscription, that you need to know about. As a note, EAGLE files are fully compatible with Fusion 360 electronics.  

Effective June 7, 2026, Autodesk will no longer sell, nor support EAGLE. As long as you continue to subscribe to Fusion 360, you will have access to EAGLE until the mentioned date.

After June 7, 2026, the path forward is Fusion 360 electronics.

Since Fusion 360 is cloud-based only, that effectively means I can't use Eagle anymore for commercial projects.

Is there really no alternative here? Surely mine isn't the only company who doesn't allow cloud-based tools, or works on computers not always connected to the internet.

Will Eagle be available without support, so existing functionality can be maintained? Doesn't seem like it.

I guess at least we have 3 years to find a solution. Sad though, given how long I've used Eagle and how useful of a tool it is.

What a bummer.

[aabmar]

7.7 at least works perfectly on a modern Mac, and with the original version 7 license file.

[pavel.t7t]

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@kostkaV5ARK wrote:

Is there really no alternative here? Surely mine isn't the only company who doesn't allow cloud-based tools,

Yes, we too.

For my hobby and my small business I learn Kicad nowdays.

For my employer's business is Fusion a superlative suggestion, sir, with just two minor flaws.

One: Cloud based software is unacceptable.

And two: Cloud based software is unacceptable.

Now I realise that, technically speaking, that's only one flaw; but I thought it was such a big one, it was worth mentioning twice.

And third problem Fusion is slower than Eagle. I tested it on modern PC with Win 10 and Fusion is objectively slower.

The rules for our deciding are very simple.

When Eagle will continue, continue yearly payment from our company too.

When Eagle in Fusion uses local data as standard and cloud is optionaly, we probably stil using and paying year fee.

When Eagle in Fusion uses only cloud data, we don't use this and cancel supscription.

[bruce.carterRF4AF]

I have been updating hobbyists about the suitability of replacements. Both for business and hobbyist. This post is more about hobbyist needs. The page at Autodesk for old versions of Eagle is, indeed working. I downloaded 7.7 - the last version on the page - and got the program with no problem. Installed and working in the free version, which didn't hit any limits with the small two layer boards I have released in the public domain. Here is something interesting - I had them in the latest version of Autodesk Eagle. When I opened them in 7.7, I got a ton of error messages. But - I also got the schematic and layout, they were just fine! Working with 7.7 again, about the only thing I really missed was the single button to switch between schematic and layout. Otherwise, I am up and running with Eagle 7.7. I tried to download Circuit Maker from Altium, which is free with no limitations. The only catch is that after five designs everything is in the public domain. I am good with that for hobbyist use. Unfortunately they haven't sent the code for download in my email, so I can't tell you if your Eagle designs import as easily as they do in Altium Designer - which I find fast and intuitive. Not as good as Eagle because the schematic and layouts aren't automatically synchronized, but still a powerful program. I still haven't played with Fusion 360 free. I am getting spammed with sales messages, which will put off a lot of people. I will let you know if it works for my popular hobbyist projects. Now for professional use: The Altium importer is so good that we may not have problems with agency certification. There are minor graphical elements on the schematic, but the layout is identical down to every nuance of the silkscreen font - which is where we were getting caught by the agencies. The price point of Altium is high - but a company can afford it. After getting blindsided by Autodesk, it is refreshing to get hours of personalized help from Altium employees who are bending over backwards to be sympathetic to Eagle orphans, and help us get productive immediately with their product. A lot better than "we are discontinuing Eagle in three years, use Fusion because we don't care about you or your needs. We don't have to care - Fusion is the path forward". Sorry - arrogance like that never goes over well with people in a real jam because of agency certifications of Eagle designs. And - if we find that original key with perpetual license, we are in a good spot because of Eagle 7.7 being available. About the cloud - so far everything I have done in Altium resides on my hard drive. I can upload it to the cloud if I want to for collaboration, and there are different levels like company servers only, or outside the company. I think that is why my "anti-cloud" company went with Altium - you can keep it local, only revealing what you must to collaborate. There are internal cloud libraries and templates, but those are only visible to groups who are authorized to use them, similar to shared documents on company servers. So I think you would be happy with Altium, given its excellent import. It even imported my extensive Eagle Libraries so I can keep right on going almost as if nothing happened. I do encourage you to look and see if Fusion 360 has the same type of thing - local storage unless you decide to put it on the cloud for collaboration. In these days of data breaches "oops sorry your proprietary information got leaked to hackers, here is a complimentary one year subscription to Lifelock to make up for it". Yeah - gee thanks. Get some competent IT people. I can't imaging Autodesk FORCING people to the cloud like they did for Eagle 3D models. Before my reprimand - I tried cloud libraries and discovered to my horror that they were one way - write only. Make a mistake, you were stuck with it. I was already in the process of purging all that cloud stuff when IT got involved with its "NO CLOUD" mandate: "don't ever do that again under threat of termination". I imagine your company has similar policies. Maybe the cloud works for music storage, but major corporations have a different way of thinking of things - something Autodesk didn't acknowledge. Maybe - they learned their lesson with Fusion 360. Based on what I saw, it looks even better than Altium at conversion. Try their free trial before dismissing it. They force you into the cloud - you can always quit using it before "clicking".

[stephonhoker]

I'm sorry to hear about the upcoming changes with EAGLE. It's understandable that the shift towards a cloud-based model in Fusion 360 might pose challenges, especially for users who rely on offline functionality or have specific security requirements. It's essential to explore if Autodesk will consider providing alternatives that cater to a wider range of user needs, especially those who can't fully transition to Fusion 360 electronics due to their specific circumstances.

Having three years to adapt and find a solution is a positive aspect. This timeframe allows for a thorough evaluation of alternative options, and it's an opportunity to seek out tools that align better with your requirements. Remember, there's likely a community of users facing similar challenges, and engaging in online discussions or forums dedicated to electronics design might provide valuable insights and recommendations.

Wishing you the best in navigating this transition and finding a solution that works well for your projects and workflow, even in an internet-dependent landscape.

[jnd.ahmad0000]

For GOD sake autodesk! stop playing yoru stupid tricks with a great software. You already stopped giving updates to eagle, now what else is forcing you to discard this software? I work with 100s of different clients and each project is different in nature and has to be stored locally in my computer.

Additionally, I open multiple designs at a time for debugging or copying stuff from one file to others. Also, I have been working with eagle from more than 7 years and don't have enough time to learn new could based files management system. I find fusion360 sluggish as compare to eagle. I request you to let eagle work as its working now. just don't give updates as we are okay with that. 

On top of that, If I will have to learn fusion360 then I would prefer learning some other software which supports offline files and I wont have to deal with this stupid online cloud. I have 650+ eagle projects and if I include different versions then it will easily surpas 1500 folders. Now loading that many folders will ofcourse take ages on the could based system. 

I AM REALY FRUSTRATED AT THIS MOMENT.

[zexx86]

I am using Eagle for over 18 Years and was super happy. After all these years you decided to quit all Linux users that were paying. In our company we have only Linux stations and are using Eagle almost daily. Additionally we are using Fusion 360 thanks to Wine yet experience is not the best. We are paying you annually considerable amount. If you will stop supporting Linux we will stop supporting you. We really dont intend to use Windows nor Mac as we are developing Linux based products.

Right now we are doing research of alternatives so it is up to you. I can't understand how you can ignore Linux even that it is used on more than 5% computers globally. That is bigger % than OS X had when you started to support it.

Yet Fusion 360 is using multiplatform libraries and it is only needed to recompile it - work for a few minutes. So it is up to you. We are slowly waving.