StargirlDec 29, 2022

Okay! 👏

I want to spend the new few months focusing on building an interactive, open source, browser-based KiCAD file viewer.

I'm looking for sponsorship to make that happen, and I'd love if you'd consider it. Here's a link to the details:

https://theacodes.notion.site/KiCanvas-3252a399e64a4d78b6c7309ea62457eb

Sharing always appreciated 💜

KiCanvas

Hi there! Thanks for dropping by. I’m Thea and I’m creating an open source, interactive web viewer for KiCAD’s files and I’m looking for folks to financially sponsor my work on this. There’s no hard sell here- I’ll tell you what I’m trying to accomplish and what I’ve done so far and you can decide if you’d like to financially contribute so I can spend more time on this.

Thea on Notion
Show threadPiotr Esden-TempskiDec 29, 2022
@stargirl I am glad you decided to jump into this. Do you think this has the potential to become an integrated viewer in github? As it is the case for csv, maps and some other data formats that have github previews?
Show threadStargirl
@esden Yes! One of the post-initial-release goals is to create browser extensions to do exactly that, then we can figure out how to convince GitHub/GitLab to integrate it.
Dec 29, 2022 at 4:14amWeb
Show threadPiotr Esden-TempskiDec 29, 2022
@stargirl Marvelous! I have already submitted my pledge through the company. I hope you have fun developing the new tool. Thank you for all your efforts! :) Happy new year! :D
Show threadStargirlDec 29, 2022
@esden thank you so much!!
Show threadjasegDec 29, 2022
@stargirl @esden JFYI, the KiCad parts library folks are currently working on improving their CI infra (on gitlab.com), and a tool like this would be super useful. When you get on to this, I'd love to contribute schematic library and footprint library viewing support.
Show threadStargirlDec 29, 2022
@jaseg @esden heck yeah! Feel free to join my Discord or drop me an email if you wanna coordinate. :)