Schematic/PCB Tools

More collected wisdom from SDIY, summarized by platform, capability, cost and support. Another useful metric would be library depth, but that's too much work for today. Presented in alphabetical order:

DipTrace

• Windows commercial product
• Full suite of tools
• 250 pin limited freeware version to $695 full, non-profit version $125
• Yahoo group (~1000 members) : diptr

Eagle

• Linux, Mac, Windows commercial product
• Full suite of tools
• Limited freeware, Standard $398, Pro $798, autorouter additional
• Official News groups for support: eagle.support.eng
• Yahoo group (~800 members): eaglecad
  

FreePCB

• PCB Layout only
  
• Windows
• Open Source
• Yahoo Group (~450 members): FreePCB
  

gEDA

• Full suite of tools
  
• Linux
• Open Source
• Wiki
  

Kicad

• Full suite of tools: Schematic Editor, PCB Layout, Gerber Viewer
• Multi-platform Linux, Windows, Mac(?)
  
• Open Source
• Multi-language support
  
• Yahoo group (~1650 members): kicad-users
• Sourceforge Wiki
  

Osmond PCB

• PCB Layout only
• Mac OS-X
• Yahoo group (~350 members): osmondpcb
  

Rimu Schematic and PCB

• Windows commercial product
• Schematic Editor full version $149
• PCB $72.50
• No apparent forum or users group
  

TinyCad Schematic

• Schematic Editor
• Opensource
• Windows only
• Yahoo group (~1850 members): tinycad