KiCad README
For specific documentation like Compiling, GUI translation, old changelogs see the Documentation subfolder.
Files
AUTHORS.txt - The authors, contributors, document writers and translators list CMakeList.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Doxygen config file for KiCad INSTALL.txt - The release (binary) installation instructions TODO.txt - Todo list (looks outdated) uncrustify.cfg - Uncrustify config file for uncrustify sources formatting tool _clang-format - clang config file for clang-format sources formatting tool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 lib_dxf - Sourcecode of the dxf reader/writer library new - Staging area for the new schematic library format pagelayout_editor - Sourcecode of the pagelayout editor patches - Collection of patches for external dependencies pcbnew - Sourcecode of the printed circuit board editor plugins - Sourcecode of the new plugin concept polygon - Sourcecode of the polygon library potrace - Sourcecode of the potrace library, used in bitmap2component qa - Testcases using the python interface resources - Resources for freedesktop mime-types for linux scripting - SWIG Python scripting definitions scripts - Helper scripts for various things template - Project and pagelayout templates tools - Other miscellaneous helpers for testing utils - Small utils for kicad, e.g. IDF tools