Source: https://mokxi.com/vs/simulide
Updated: 2026-09-27

Comparison

# Mokxi and SimulIDE, compared fairly

SimulIDE is a free, open-source desktop application for simulating Arduino and other microcontroller circuits with breadboard-style wiring, on Windows, Linux and macOS. Mokxi does a similar job in a browser tab with no install. Here is where each one is the right answer.

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## Where SimulIDE leads

These are the strongest reasons to choose SimulIDE today.

- Free, open source, and a native desktop app, so it needs no internet connection to run once installed.
- A long-standing, focused tool built specifically around simulating AVR-based Arduino circuits alongside mixed analog and digital parts.
- No account, no cloud dependency and no browser required at all.
- An active open-source community maintaining and extending it.

## Where Mokxi leads

These are working parts of Mokxi you can open and test for yourself.

- Runs in a browser tab with nothing to install, and works the same on a Chromebook that cannot install a desktop app at all.
- Your C++ is built by a real clang inside the tab; there is no separate compiler or toolchain to install and keep in sync.
- ESP32-C3 support with a real RISC-V core on the real memory map, alongside the Arduino Uno.
- Projects save to an account and share by link, rather than as a local file to move between machines by hand.

## Side by side

Checked on 2026-09-16. If anything here has gone stale, that is our mistake and we want to know.

Mokxi

SimulIDE

Aimed at

Firmware and breadboard work, in-tab

Firmware and breadboard work, on the desktop

Install needed

No

Yes

Works on a Chromebook

Yes

No

Boards

ESP32-C3, Arduino Uno and more

AVR-based Arduino boards

Price

Free

Free

## Which one should you use

Straight answers. Where the other one is the right call, we say so.

### You are on a Chromebook or a locked-down school machine

Mokxi needs no install at all.

### You want a native desktop app with no browser or account

SimulIDE.

### You want an ESP32-C3

Mokxi. SimulIDE is focused on AVR-based Arduino boards.

### You want to share a project by a link rather than a file

Mokxi.

## Compare the other options

The same straight comparison for the tools teachers, students and makers also consider.

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## In short

Should I use Mokxi if you are on a chromebook or a locked-down school machine?

Mokxi needs no install at all.

Should I use Mokxi if you want a native desktop app with no browser or account?

SimulIDE.

Should I use Mokxi if you want an esp32-c3?

Mokxi. SimulIDE is focused on AVR-based Arduino boards.

Should I use Mokxi if you want to share a project by a link rather than a file?

Mokxi.

## Try it yourself

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