theacodes/kicanvas

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases no_license

Adoption not part of the score

1127 stars · 105 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

KiCanvas is an interactive, browser-based viewer for KiCad schematics and PCB boards, rendered with WebGL and the Canvas element. It is written in modern vanilla TypeScript and can be embedded into other websites via an embedding API.

Use cases

• view KiCad schematics in the browser
• share PCB board layouts with teammates without installing KiCad
• embed interactive KiCad board viewers in project documentation sites
• inspect open-source hardware designs online
• preview KiCad 6+ files from a URL

When to choose

• you need to view or share KiCad 6+ schematics or boards without desktop software
• you want to embed an interactive KiCad viewer in a website
• your audience uses desktop Chrome, Firefox, or Safari

When to avoid

• you need to view KiCad 5 or older files
• you require full fidelity for all KiCad 7 features like custom schematic fonts
• you need guaranteed support for browsers other than desktop Chrome, Firefox, or Safari

Facets

application · maturity experimental

graphics parser web-scraping web-development developer-tools hardware browser kicad webgl schematic-viewer pcb-viewer eda open-source-hardware canvas-rendering web-server typescript

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