Circuit Verse

What Circuit Verse does

CircuitVerse is a free, open-source, browser-based digital logic circuit simulator founded in 2016 in Bengaluru, India, that allows users to design, simulate, and test digital circuits through a drag-and-drop interface. The core product is the CircuitVerse Simulator, built on a JavaScript front-end with a Ruby on Rails back-end, and supplemented by an Interactive Book, comprehensive documentation, a Dart-based mobile app, a Vue.js UI rewrite project, and a public JSON:API compliant REST API supporting users, projects, groups, assignments, and grading. Feature surface includes combinational analysis from truth tables, testbench-based testing with timing diagrams, multi-bit buses, subcircuits for hierarchical design, Verilog module insertion, HTML5 iFrame embedding, and SVG export.

The platform serves students, educators, and open-source contributors globally, with adoption reported across 4,000+ universities in 100+ countries, 314K+ registered users, and 1.3M+ circuits created. Its go-to-market is product-led and community-driven: no pricing tiers, no paywall, distribution via web, GitHub, embedded widgets, and mobile, with growth catalysed by community contributions and inclusion in Google Summer of Code (selected twice). Revenue mechanics are absent from disclosed materials; the organisation is structured as a nonprofit/educational entity incubated from Zense and infrastructure-sponsored by FOSS United, with no recorded funding rounds or paying customer relationships.

Name

Circuit Verse

Legal name

CircuitVerse

Website

https://circuitverse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CircuitVerse is a free, open-source web-based digital logic circuit simulator founded in 2016 in Bengaluru, India, serving students, educators, and contributors across 4,000+ universities in 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Software

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAMADAG

Electronics, Circuits & Soldering Programs

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Robotics, Engineering & Makerspaces

SECONDARYEDAFACAO

Exam Prep & Standards-Aligned Review Courseware (Within Curriculum)

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Digital Curriculum, Courseware & Interactive Learning Content

Keywords

• Digital logic simulator
• Circuit design software
• Open-source education
• Electronics learning platform
• Interactive circuit design

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Free Open Source Platform: CircuitVerse is a free and open-source platform. The organization appears to be nonprofit/educational with no commercial revenue model directly generating income. Revenue may come from grants, sponsorships, and institutional partnerships rather than product sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

CircuitVerse provides a free, browser-based digital logic circuit simulator that enables students, educators, and engineers to design, build, and test digital circuits through a drag-and-drop interface. The platform supports combinational analysis from truth tables, testbench-based timing diagram validation, hierarchical subcircuits, Verilog module insertion, and multi-bit buses, complemented by an interactive learning book, documentation, a mobile app, and a JSON:API-compliant REST API for developer integrations.

Product overview

CircuitVerse is a free, open-source platform for building digital logic circuits online. The core product is the CircuitVerse Simulator, a cloud-based digital logic circuit design tool featuring drag-and-drop circuit building, combinational analysis, timing diagrams, testbench support, sub-circuits for hierarchical design, multi-bit buses, and Verilog module integration. The platform is complemented by the Interactive Book for learning, a Mobile App for on-the-go access, a comprehensive Documentation site, and a REST API for developer integrations. The platform has a strong open-source community with over 1.3M circuits created, 314K+ users, and adoption by 4,000+ universities across 100+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Interactive-Book: Interactive Online Book on Digital Logic Design available at learn.circuitverse.org
• CircuitVerse Mobile App
• cv-frontend-vue
• CircuitVerseDocs

Products and services

• CircuitVerse Simulator A free, cloud-based online digital logic circuit simulator that allows users to design, build, and test digital circuits through an interactive drag-and-drop interface with support for combinational analysis, timing diagrams, testbenches, sub-circuits, and multi-bit buses. It targets students, educators, and engineers learning or teaching digital electronics fundamentals.
• Interactive Book An interactive online book teaching users the fundamentals of modern digital circuit design, complementing the CircuitVerse Simulator with structured learning content. It targets students and educators seeking guided curriculum alongside the simulator tool.
• CircuitVerse Mobile App A mobile application built with Dart that allows users to access and work with CircuitVerse digital circuit designs on mobile devices, extending platform reach beyond desktop browsers.
• CircuitVerse API A public REST API (JSON:API compliant) that enables programmatic access to CircuitVerse functionality including user management, project CRUD operations, collaborative features, group and assignment management, and grading capabilities, targeted at developers and integrators building extensions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4000+ universities worldwide use CircuitVerse as a teaching tool
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ZensecoreOthersZense is the incubator of CircuitVerse. CircuitVerse is incubated from Zense, which appears to be a tech incubator based in India that supported the founding and early development of the platform.
• FOSS UnitedcoreOthersFOSS United serves as the infrastructure sponsor for CircuitVerse, providing hosting and infrastructure support for the open-source platform.
• Google Summer of CodecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCircuitVerse participates as a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code, an annual international open source program. Student contributors work on platform features under mentor guidance. Selected for GSoC 2026 with projects including Assignment Suite, Structured Format for Saved Circuit Data, Enterprise Features, and Client-Side Verilog Synthesis.

Scale indicators7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EveryCircuit: Web and mobile circuit simulator with a strong educational community and animated visualizations. Targets the same student/educator segment as CircuitVerse with a comparable interactive learning approach.
• Logic.ly: Desktop and web digital logic simulator aimed at students learning Boolean logic and circuit design. Directly comparable product targeting similar introductory digital electronics courses.
• Falstad Circuit Simulator: Browser-based interactive circuit simulator covering analog and digital circuits, targeting students and hobbyists. Most directly comparable free, web-native alternative to CircuitVerse with overlapping educational use cases.
• Logisim: Open-source digital logic simulator originally from Carnegie Mellon, widely used in university courses. Closest historical peer in functionality and target market, though now largely superseded.
• Wokwi: Online simulator for Arduino, ESP32, and electronics with a strong educational positioning and growing university adoption. Directly competes for the same digital logic and embedded systems learning audience.

Emerging players

• EasyEDA: Browser-based EDA tool with schematic capture, simulation, and PCB layout. Overlaps with CircuitVerse on schematic-level digital design but extends into PCB manufacturing, serving a more maker/hobbyist audience.

Broad incumbents

• LTspice (Analog Devices): Free, industry-standard SPICE simulator from Analog Devices. Adjacent to CircuitVerse in the electrical engineering education market but focused on analog rather than digital logic simulation.
• Tinkercad Circuits (Autodesk): Autodesk-owned browser-based 3D design and electronics simulator with massive K-12 and university adoption. Competes in the same educational electronics simulation category but as part of a much broader CAD ecosystem.
• Multisim (Emerson/NI): Professional circuit simulation and design platform widely adopted in university electrical engineering labs. A more established, paid competitor targeting the same digital logic teaching market at the institutional level.
• Proteus (Labcenter Electronics): Commercial schematic capture, simulation, and PCB design suite used in university curricula. Competes with CircuitVerse in the digital logic and microcontroller simulation space as a paid institutional offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CircuitVerse
• GitHubgithub.com/CircuitVerse
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@circuitverse-official
• Facebookfacebook.com/CircuitVerse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/circuitverse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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