Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Arduino

The 20 closest open-source electronics hardware alternatives to Arduino, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Arduino? The closest matches are Oracle Corporation, Raspberry Pi and Odoo. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Arduino

Arduino arduino.cc

Arduino: Open-Source Boards, Software and Kits for Makers

Arduino is the open-source electronics platform with boards like UNO and Nano, the Arduino IDE, Cloud and kits to build projects, from beginner to pro.

Wikidata: open-source microcontroller hardware platform

Top 10K · #3,567 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Arduino

Summary by Claude

Arduino designs and sells open-source microcontroller boards (such as UNO and Nano), electronics kits, and the Arduino IDE and Arduino Cloud software for programming devices and building IoT projects.

Who it’s for
Makers, students, educators and engineers
Business model
Hardware sales and cloud subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Arduino’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

RustDeskUdacityHome AssistantIntelInstructablesHow-To GeekEspressif SystemsOdooRaspberry PiOracle Corporation

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Arduino

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Arduino, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Oracle Corporation oracle.com Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    American multinational computer corporation

  2. 02
    Raspberry Pi raspberrypi.com Top 10K English

    series of low-cost single-board computers used for educational purposes and embedded systems

  3. 03
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

  4. 04
    Espressif Systems espressif.com Top 10K English

    Wireless SoCs, Software, Cloud and AIoT Solutions | Espressif Systems

    Espressif is a global high-tech leader in wireless communication, IoT, AI SoCs, software, and solutions, for a smarter and greener future.

  5. 05
    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

    How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

    We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

  6. 06
    XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English

    XDA

    The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

  7. 07
    Instructables instructables.com Top 10K English

    Yours for the making

    Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!

  8. 08
    Intel intel.com Top 1K English

    Intel Inside - Built for AI

    Deliver AI at scale across cloud, data center, edge, and client with comprehensive hardware and software solutions.

  9. 09
    Blackboard blackboard.com Top 10K English

    AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & Learning | Blackboard

    Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling personalized learning, accessibility, and better outcomes worldwide. Contact us!

  10. 10
    Texas Instruments ti.com Top 10K English

    Analog | Embedded processing | Semiconductor company | TI.com

    Texas Instruments helps engineers and innovators build smarter, safer, and more efficient systems with semiconductor products across automotive, industrial, data center, and personal electronics.

  11. 11
    Home Assistant home-assistant.io Top 10K English

    Home Assistant

    Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a...

  12. 12
    GeeksforGeeks geeksforgeeks.org Top 10K English

    GeeksforGeeks | Your All-in-One Learning Portal

    Your All-in-One Learning Portal. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.

  13. 13
    Udacity udacity.com English

    Learn the Latest Tech Skills; Advance Your Career | Udacity

    Learn online and advance your career with courses in programming, data science, artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and more. Gain in-demand technical skills. Join today!

  14. 14
    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English

    RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

    RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

  15. 15
    Canva canva.com Top 1K English

    Canva

    online graphic design platform

  16. 16
    Zyxel zyxel.com Top 10K English

    Zyxel

    Zyxel is a networking industry leader, deeply rooted in various network technology areas. We prioritize customer-centric product design, and focus on a superior competitive advantage, driving communication technology forward to meet the internet’s evolving demands.

  17. 17
    MikroTik mikrotik.com Top 10K English

    MikroTik · Routers and Wireless

    MikroTik makes networking hardware and software, which is used in nearly all countries of the world. Our mission is to make existing Internet technologies faster, more powerful and affordable to wider range of users.

  18. 18
    Ubiquiti ui.com Top 1K English

    UniFi - Rethinking IT - Ubiquiti

    UniFi is rethinking IT with industry-leading products for enterprise networking, security, and more unified in an incredible software interface.

  19. 19
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  20. 20
    SourceForge sourceforge.net Top 1K English

    Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge

    SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to arduino.cc’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Arduino uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Arduino is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Tag managers
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: oD0L7VHGjzSGNO7N12yG4NBNekIVg0YvCeg1we121egeaq4GaVhIFA==
  • Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56316b718bb6301-HAM
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
Video
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=l10INRDXn4TczzFg
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=6984bed5-e90d-4784-b6dc-108d88bdbdaf
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ZS4GItktaCpiwbSZimCnwlM1Rq91T_hRlfksfJnIIhU
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=zboh9pgfjzwgxtr99yajl05yyvg2tx
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_jLtNYTYbRSmm1bmnmA1FaA

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