Kiri Docker

Kiri Docker is a convenient and easy way to run Kiri pre-installed in a Ubuntu container.

Kiri repo is not necessary to run Kiri Docker

Kiri Docker works by mounting the user's project from the host machine inside the container. This way, the output files are easily accessible from the host system making it simple to visualize using the host's browser.

The existing kiri-docker image is hosted in Docker Hub here https://hub.docker.com/r/leoheck/kiri/tags

Getting the existing docker image

The docker container can be donwloaded through this repo with:

gh repo clone leoheck/kiri-docker
make docker_pull

Alternatively, you can pull the latest image file with:

docker pull leoheck/kiri:latest

Building your own docker image

It is also possible to build the docker image yourself, if needed:

gh repo clone leoheck/kiri-docker
cd kiri-docker
make docker_build

Environment

Download or build the docker image and then set your PATH to this repo with:

export PATH="$(pwd)/kiri-docker/"

Using Kiri Docker

To run kiri on the given Kicad project repository:

kiri-docker [OPTIONS] [REPO_PATH] [-k|--kiri [ARGS]

For extended arguments list, please use the flag -h.

Examples

Just launch the container for manual exploration

kiri-docker

This example launches kiri-docker, passing the path of the project path and a parameter -r of kiri to remove old files.

kiri-docker "/home/lheck/Documents/assoc-board" -k -r

This, starts the container with the project folder and do nothing, so you can debug something manually.

kiri-docker "/home/lheck/Documents/assoc-board" -d

Launch kiri with a repo that has a nested kicad project (kicad project is not in the root path)

kiri-docker "/home/lheck/Documents/assoc-board" -k "nested_project/board.kicad_pro"

Starts docker binding project's repo, do not run kiri, and run pcbdraw command: This example uses the image generated with Dockerfile_kicad-auto.

kiri-docker "/home/lheck/Documents/assoc-board" -i leoheck/kiri:test -d -c "pcbdraw board.kicad_pcb board.svg"