Awesome Kicad

Contributing

Please take a quick gander at the contribution guidelines first. Thanks to all contributors; you rock!

Contents

Plugins

Panelization

• KiKit: Library and CLI tool to panelize boards, export manufacturing data and build board presentation pages.
• panelize-plugin: Automatic KiCad panelization plugin
• ReplicateLayout: Extension to replicate the PCB layout of one hierarchical sheet to other sheets based on hierarchical sheets in Eeschema.

Manufacturing BOM and Gerbers

• KiCost: Build cost spreadsheet for a KiCad project.
• KiBoM: Configurable BoM generation tool for KiCad EDA
• JLCKicadTools: Tool for using JLCPCB assembly service with KiCad
• KiZip: KiCad Plugin to package gerbers ready for ordering
• KiCad JLCPCB BOM Plugin: Export a JLCPCB Compatible BOM directly from your KiCad schematic
• kicad-gerberzipper: KiCad Plot and Zip
• kicad-bom-seeedstudio: KiCad BOM plugin to follow Seeed Studio's Fusion PCBA template
• gerber_to_order: A KiCad plugin to create zip compressed gerber files to order for Elecrow, FusionPCB, PCBWay or JLCPCB.
• KiCad Better BOM: Yet another pretty BOM generator for KiCad.
• Kicad JLCPCB Tools: Plugin to generate all files necessary for JLCPCB board fabrication and assembly
• Copper Thief Plugin: Copper Thieving Plugin.

PCB Design

• Svg2Shenzhen: Inkscape extension for exporting drawings into a KiCad PCB.
• PcbDraw: Convert your KiCAD boards into nice looking 2D drawings suitable for pinout diagrams
• svg2mod: Convert Inkscape SVG drawings to KiCad footprint modules
• KiBuzzard: Create labels in various fonts, and with inverted backgrounds
• Stretch: Allow your PCBs to stretch!
• Laser Stencil Plugin: KiCAD Pcbnew plugin to generat laser cutter G-Code files for solder paste stencils
• Stimulu KiCad Plugins: Collection of KiCad plugins to reproduce or use Stimulu board files.
• KiCad Templates: Provides a number of additional Board and production house templates for KiCad EDA.
• FreeRouting: Advanced PCB auto-router
• uConfig: Datasheet pinout extractor from PDF and library Stylizer for Kicad.
• KiBot: KiCad automation utility.
• KiCad RF Tools: Footprints, wizards and round tracks, mask expander, via fencing
• Import-LIB-KiCad-Plugin: Import KiCad component libraries imported from Ultralibrarian and SnapEDA zipfiles.

Presentations

• InteractiveHtmlBom: Generate convenient BOM listing with ability to visually correlate and easily search for components and their placements on the pcb

Reviewing

• plotkicadsch: Export Kicad Sch files to structured picture files
• KiCad-Diff: Plugin to perform image diffs between pcbnew layout revisions
• kiri: A tool for reviewing Kicad's projects visually including schematics and layout using Kicad-Diff and Plotgitsch
• gerber2blend: open-source utility to generate 3D models of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) in Blender (.blend format)
• gerber2ems: Takes PCB production files as input (Gerber, drill files, stackup information) and simulates trace SI performance using openEMS
• kicanvas: KiCanvas is an interactive, browser-based viewer for KiCAD schematics and boards

Converters

• Altium2Kicad: Altium to KiCad converter for PCB and schematics
• Eagle to KiCad: Eagle SCH/LIB to KiCad SCH/LIB ULP conversion script

GUI

• KiCad Color Schemes

Symbols

• Official KiCad Symbols
• Arduino Kicad Library: KiCad Symbol & Footprint Library for Arduino Modules

Footprints

• Official KiCad Footprints
• KiCad Footprint Generator: Generate custom KiCAD footprints using python

3D Models

• Official KiCad 3D Models

Tutorials

• Keyboard PCB guide: Guide on how to design keyboard PCBs with KiCad
• Hawk: Tutorial for making an ARM dev board in KiCAD

3rd-Party Component Integration

• Kandle: CLI to automatically import 3rd-party components (symbols, footprints and 3D-models) into KiCad.

Verilog / VHDL Tools

• KiCadVerilog: Generate Verilog code from a KiCad netlist.