Open IC Design Environment from Schematic to GDS
Revolution EDA is an open-source EDA platform built specifically for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. It brings schematic capture, symbol creation, hierarchical layout, connectivity, design checks, LVS inspection, and parasitic extraction into a single, programmable environment. PDK-based DRC and other verification workflows can be integrated with external tools.
Revolution EDA takes a fundamentally different approach to IC design. Design data is open, human-readable, versioned, and represented as JSON, rather than locked inside a proprietary database. Combined with a Python-based architecture, this makes designs easier to automate, inspect, version-control, and integrate with new tools and workflows.
The platform is designed for the next generation of IC design automation. Its extensible plugin architecture enables circuit simulation, waveform analysis, AI-assisted design, and schematic-driven layout, while providing a foundation for researchers and companies to develop their own automation and AI workflows. The core platform is available under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
We are building an open ecosystem for analog and mixed-signal IC design and are looking for companies, universities, foundries, and developers to build it with us. Whether you want to evaluate Revolution EDA for your design flow, integrate a PDK, develop a new automation workflow, or explore AI-assisted IC design, contact us to discuss what we can build together.
With the AI Terminal premium plugin, your engineers get direct access to industry-leading models from Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and OpenAI inside Revolution EDA, with commercial licensing for teams that need AI-assisted design workflows in production.
Extend Revolution EDA with plugins for AI-assisted editing, Xyce/VACASK simulation, waveform analysis, and schematic-driven layout. Commercial plugins require separate licenses; browse published builds in the application’s Plugins menu.
Semiconductor foundries can leverage Revolution EDA’s robust intellectual property (IP) protection features, ensuring that proprietary process design kits and cell libraries stay secure.
Design data is stored in open JSON format, giving you perpetual access to your work — no license expirations, no vendor lock-in. JSON-based libraries also make Git-based revision control seamless and straightforward, a significant advantage over legacy OpenAccess based workflows.
Your design continuity is guaranteed by the Mozilla Public License (MPL) v2.0 license. Because the source code is always accessible for the core software, your access is not tied to a term-limited license. Thus, you have perpetual, free-licence to core of Revolution EDA including source code.
Revolution EDA was created by experienced integrated circuit designers who have worked with commercial tool flows for decades. We are not open-source zealots but believe that affordability and extendibility is the future of electronic design automation.
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Unlock AI design assistance, circuit simulation, and waveform analysis with professional plugins available as monthly subscriptions.
See exactly which plugins are available, what they cost, and how to get started with the right option for your team.
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Revolution EDA reached a milestone by signaling that it is now production-ready.
Major release bringing hierarchical LVS integration, multi-simulator netlisting, AI terminal, plugin/library registries, and a relicense to MPL-2.0.
Revolution EDA introduces commercial plugins and updates its open-source licensing model
Revolution EDA can now perform hierarchical LVS rivalling legacy offerings