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## Summary

| pcb-rnd

is a free/open source, flexible, modular Printed Circuit Board editor

for design of professional and hobby boards.

is feature-rich and compatible

has a long history, fast paced development, and big plans.

is part of the coralEDA ecosystem.

Version Control | svn://svn.repo.hu/pcb-rnd/trunk (mirrors)
Download | source releases | binary releases (windows)
Comments, feedback, patches | live chat with the developer or contact the lead developer Mailing list: pcb-rnd list.repo.hu (send a mail with subject: subscribe; may fail with gmail) (archives) (privacy policy)
Contribution and support | How to join or contribute We are looking for help and sponsoration/donation. A major supporter is NLnet Do you have a feature request?

Key features

editor for multilayer Printed Circuit Boards
scriptable in 10+ different scripting languages
parametric footprint generation, web footprints
modular code with a flexible plugin system
fits well in a UNIXy workflow
supports CLI and server applications
active development, frequent releases
friendly and efficient developer and user community
powerful, user scriptable Design Rule Checker
predictable development cycles
compatible with KiCad and gEDA/PCB, understands Eagle and Protel/Autotrax file formats

Supported platforms

Linux desktop (various distributions, from source) official packages in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mageia, Kali, Parrot, PureOS, Raspbian (full list) Mac OS X Windows (7, 8, 10) IRIX 5.3 OpenBSD (Likely: any 90's UNIX system with motif) Screen resolution as small as 800x600 GUI options: motif/lesstif, gtk-gdk, gtk-gl |  |

## What is -rnd?

RespoNsive Developers | Developers try to respond on user needs, adding features that are actually needed by current users.

Response Not Delayed | Bugreports, user requests and patches submitted are answered ASAP. There are no patches bitrotting for months. There are no forgotten bugreports.

Research & Development Rázós, Nehéz Döntések (Brave, hard decisions) | There is a constant experimentation with new features and directions. We are willing to try strange/unusual ideas without risking the stability of the daily workflow.

Rants Now Dissipating | Instead of talking and ranting a lot about what could work better, we just sit down and make it work better.

Rather Nicely Decentralized | Slim, generic core; most of the code organized in replacable plugins. Most plugins depend only on the core.