13 open-source EDA & PCB projects

EDA & PCB (File Formats): open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product, sorted by GitHub stars.

1. OpenBoardView★ 1,907 · active · C

   Viewer for proprietary laptop/phone boardview files (.brd, .bdv, .fz and others)

2. easyeda2kicad.py★ 1,725 · active · Python

   Converts EasyEDA/LCSC component symbols, footprints and 3D models to KiCad

3. altium2kicad★ 957 · archived · Perl

   Converts Altium PCB and schematic files to KiCad

4. easyeda2kicad★ 338 · slowing · TypeScript

   Converts EasyEDA schematics and PCB designs to KiCad

5. altium.js★ 145 · slowing · JavaScript

   Browser-based parser and renderer for Altium SchDoc schematics

6. OpenOrCadParser★ 69 · archived · C++

   FOSS parser for Cadence OrCAD Capture binary design files

7. Altium-Schematic-Parser★ 52 · active · Python

   Converts Altium .SchDoc files to JSON

8. BoardRipper★ 43 · active · TypeScript

   Web-based viewer for 14 boardview formats (BVR, BRD, BDV, FZ, GenCAD and more)

9. altium-cli★ 17 · active · Rust

   Rust library and CLI that reads and writes Altium SchDoc, PcbDoc, SchLib, PcbLib and IntLib

10. ExtractAltiumSTEPModels★ 14 · dormant · Python

    Extracts embedded 3D STEP models from Altium PCB files

11. pyAltiumLib★ 13 · active · Python

    Reads Altium schematic and PCB library files in Python

12. bv2bvr★ 12 · dormant · C

    Converts BV boardview files to the BVR format readable by OpenBoardView

13. PyAltium★ 11 · dormant · Python

    Python package to read Altium design files