Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

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xrd

I love that Firefox is the best.

I don't use kicad. But, this project, as a web-first version of kicad, seems like it offers the best opportunities to create a shared learning community. Is that part of the long term goal?

I would love to experiment with kicad, but I learn best through watching others and asking questions. Can I do that with this? Is there a way I could "watch" other sessions as the build progresses? Or, chat about what I see there with other people interested in learning and teaching?

Very nice work!

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karlkloss

I can totally see pcb manufacturers like JLC integrating this into their websites, with a set of customized design rules and an order button.

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ViktorEE

To open a demo board click "Open" in the Projects/Demo board section then "Open in PCB Editor" at demo.kicad_pcb in Files.

Next time I'll make a smoother demo...

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thenthenthen

Small suggestion, it would be nice to see the total size of the download during the first load (sry I am on a slow metered connection).

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varun_ch

This is really cool. I think a lot of people will initially dismiss your demo as ‘slop’ unless the landing page drops some of the Claude-isms (text and design) because it’s clear this is a project with passion in it, but the demo page and landing page both look like something Claude might’ve made with a single prompt.

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dark-star

So you can easily get it to work in the browser, but the dozens of core developers can't get it to work properly on Wayland[1]? Something smells fishy...

[1] https://www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06/KiCad-and-Wayland-Support...

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ViktorEE

Happy to answer any questions & feel free to reach out ( email in my profile )!

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brokensegue

Is this at all related to kicanvas.org

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