You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.
 
 
 
 
 
Jon Evans 67a5ed15c7 Make sure appearance panel builds after project has been loaded 5 years ago
.githooks Formatting: prefer a Git config variable to env var 7 years ago
.gitlab Fix version string included in Coverity submission 5 years ago
3d-viewer 3D-Viewer: add button to reset light defaults 5 years ago
CMakeModules Move lemon parser generation into build directory 5 years ago
Documentation Add missing zlib link to documentation 5 years ago
bitmap2component Fix a link issue (symbol not found) on Windows. 5 years ago
bitmaps_png Remove flags icons and abandoned languages 5 years ago
common Make a bunch of help dialogs modeless. 5 years ago
cvpcb Save file / window states for kicad project locally 5 years ago
demos Update rectifier example 5 years ago
eeschema Make a bunch of help dialogs modeless. 5 years ago
gerbview Save file / window states for kicad project locally 5 years ago
helpers Correct cyrillic 'f' in newstroke 6 years ago
include Make a bunch of help dialogs modeless. 5 years ago
kicad Code style 5 years ago
libs Remove all debugging output that cannot be disabled. 5 years ago
pagelayout_editor Save file / window states for kicad project locally 5 years ago
patches Remove macos patches. 8 years ago
pcb_calculator Pcb_calculator: fix config read/write issue in non English language. 5 years ago
pcbnew Make sure appearance panel builds after project has been loaded 5 years ago
plugins Fix build issue on MacOS 5 years ago
qa Altium: Refactor and add initial structure for schematic importer 5 years ago
resources Add association for new v6 project and schematic files on OSX and Linux 5 years ago
scripting Fix missing quote in git_libngspice 5 years ago
scripts Fix typos in comments. 6 years ago
template Update project template system for new format 5 years ago
thirdparty ADDED: Support compressed STEP and VRML files 5 years ago
tools Add basic netlist QA test 6 years ago
utils Remove all debugging output that cannot be disabled. 5 years ago
.clang-tidy Adding default clang-tidy parameters 6 years ago
.gitattributes Renormalize line endings and enforce normalization for all contributors 5 years ago
.gitignore 3D viewer flip action 5 years ago
.gitlab-ci.yml Fix test formatting CI and change pipeline ordering 5 years ago
AUTHORS.txt Improve arc geometry manager to choose the direction which makes more sense 5 years ago
CMakeLists.txt Build cvpcb after pcbnew 5 years ago
CTestConfig.cmake See CHANGELOG.txt 16 years ago
Doxyfile Fix doxygen error so that page layout editor is in the dev docs 5 years ago
INSTALL.txt Document that OCE 0.18 or OCC 6.9.0 are required now 6 years ago
LICENSE Set project license file to GPLv3 for GitLab 5 years ago
LICENSE.BOOSTv1_0 Cleanup licensing 7 years ago
LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0 Adding license text for CC-BY-SA-4.0 for completeness 7 years ago
LICENSE.GPLv3 Update license to AGPL due to TTL license. 7 years ago
LICENSE.ISC Cleanup licensing 7 years ago
LICENSE.MIT Adding MIT license 6 years ago
LICENSE.README Altium: Refactor and add initial structure for schematic importer 5 years ago
README.md Cleanup some unused files 5 years ago
_clang-format Align assignments using clang format 6 years ago
code-of-conduct.md Add Code of Conduct 6 years ago
copyright.h Bump copyright header year 6 years ago
uncrustify.cfg Fix case statement indentation setting for uncrustify. 11 years ago

README.md

KiCad README

For specific documentation like Compiling, GUI translation, old changelogs see the Documentation subfolder.

You may also take a look into the Wiki, the Developers section on our Website and our Forum.

Build state

Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins

Release status

latest released version(s) Release status

Files

  • AUTHORS.txt - The authors, contributors, document writers and translators list
  • CMakeLists.txt - Main CMAKE build tool script
  • copyright.h - A very short copy of the GNU General Public License to be included in new source files
  • CTestConfig.cmake - Support for CTest and CDash testing tools
  • Doxyfile - Doxygen config file for KiCad
  • INSTALL.txt - The release (binary) installation instructions
  • uncrustify.cfg - Uncrustify config file for uncrustify sources formatting tool
  • _clang-format - clang config file for clang-format sources formatting tool

Subdirectories

  • 3d-viewer - Sourcecode of the 3D viewer
  • bitmap2component - Sourcecode of the bitmap to pcb artwork converter
  • bitmaps_png - Menu and program icons
  • CMakeModules - Modules for the CMAKE build tool
  • common - Sourcecode of the common library
  • cvpcb - Sourcecode of the CvPCB tool
  • demos - Some demo examples
  • Documentation - Developer documentation. Old changelogs etcetera.
  • eeschema - Sourcecode of the schematic editor
  • gerbview - Sourcecode of the gerber viewer
  • helpers - Helper tools and utilities for development
  • include - Interfaces to the common library
  • kicad - Sourcecode of the project manager
  • libs - Sourcecode of kicad utilities (geometry and others)
  • pagelayout_editor - Sourcecode of the pagelayout editor
  • patches - Collection of patches for external dependencies
  • pcbnew - Sourcecode of the printed circuit board editor
  • plugins - Sourcecode for the 3d viewer plugins
  • qa - Unit testing framework for KiCad
  • resources - Resources for freedesktop mime-types for linux
  • scripting - SWIG Python scripting definitions and build scripts
  • scripts - Example scripts for distribution with KiCad
  • template - Project template
  • thirdparty - Sourcecode of external libraries used in kicad but not written by Kicad team
  • tools - Other miscellaneous helpers for testing
  • utils - Small utils for kicad, e.g. IDF, STEP and OGL tools and converters