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A set of Python/Rust tools to aid routing in KiCad

6 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 1 story, 5 comments · first 2026-08-03 · latest 2026-10-16

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  1. …any better experiences with these or similar tools? [0] https://github.com/aklofas/kicad-happy [1] https://github.com/drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools
    comment by rutierut · 2026-10-16 · in AI-assisted PCB design for KiCad 10
  2. …on the PCB side, but pretty much refused to do any routing other than power traces. I've installed https://github.com/drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools this morning after seeing this article last night... we'll see how this goes. My first…
    comment by tonyarkles · 2026-09-17 · in This PCB is brought to you by Fable 5
  3. That layout does not look very good: https://github.com/drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools/blob/main/do... I'm curious if this even works at high speed though I'm seeing what appears to be length-matched traces. Is the tool using an EM simulator…
    comment by amelius · 2026-09-17 · in This PCB is brought to you by Fable 5
  4. …AI won't solve that for you today. However checkout EDA tools https://github.com/l3wi/claude-eda/ https://github.com/drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools
    comment by Rival67 · 2026-09-17 · in This PCB is brought to you by Fable 5
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    KiCad Routing Tools
    story by teleforce · 2026-09-15 · 0 comments
  6. This is the one that I'm building on top of: https://github.com/drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools
    comment by iamflimflam1 · 2026-08-03 · in I Asked AI to Design 12 ESP32 Dev Boards. It Said No [video]