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by duskwuff 791 days ago
It's not very good at it, and I wouldn't recommend it over more capable options like Kicad, but if all you need is a simple 2-layer PCB to connect a few basic components together, it'll get the job done. The results won't win any design awards, but they'll work.
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Exactly.

What Fritzing has going for it is that it is very simple.

Think of it like firing up Notepad when you just need to print a few words on to a sheet of paper, while everyone else is using Word.

I wouldn't recommend it for anything beyond maybe one maybe two DIPs and some surrounding passives and a few headers/connectors.