[CNX-Software] - KiCad 10 now (unofficially) runs in a web browser or Android

It’s now possible to run KiCad 10 directly in a web browser or as an Android app thanks to two separate open-source projects, unaffiliated with the official KiCad project. Let’s have a look at both. Ziro Designer/ZiroEDA – KiCad 10 in your web browser Akshay Rukade (ZiroEDA), an engineering student in India, ported KiCad 10.0.6 to the browser through the Ziro Designer/ZiroEDA Designer project. It’s a TypeScript translation of KiCad’s C++, kept file-for-file against the KiCad implementation, so the real schematic editor, PCB editor, interactive router, and ERC/DRC run in a browser tab and read and write normal KiCad projects. That means you can open local KiCad projects or designs hosted on GitHub directly in a web browser without having to install KiCad 10 itself on your computer, and it should also enable machines that do not natively support KiCad (e.g., RISC-V, Android tablet, iPad…) to run it. Akshay highlights [...]

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