KiBot (formerly KiPlot)
This is the documentation for the current development KiBot, not yet released. To know what changed see the Changelog
Important for CI/CD:
The GitHub actions now use the full/test docker images. So now they include PanDoc and also Blender.
If you are looking for the GitHub Actions documentation, and you already know how to use KiBot, or want a quick start, read: Usage for CI/CD
New on v1.9.0
Support for KiCad 10.0.1, native variants are experimental, please look here.
New outputs: BoM Labels (bom_labels), PCB stats (pcb_stats) and Hugo KiCad Site helper (kicad_site)
New filter: alternatives
Updated KiCad 3D models download URL and mechanism
Contents:
Notes and extra information:
- Examples
- Resources
- Notes about Gerber format
- Notes about the position file
- Notes about 3D models
- Proposed advanced KiCad usage
- KiPlot YAML
- Changelog
- [1.9.1] - UNRELEASED
- Fixed
- Changed
- 1.9.0 - 2026-05-12
- 1.8.5 - 2025-11-26
- 1.8.4 - 2025-04-03
- 1.8.3 - 2025-03-18
- 1.8.2 - 2024-10-28
- 1.8.1 - 2024-09-25
- 1.8.0 - 2024-09-17
- 1.7.0 - 2024-04-23
- 1.6.5 - 2024-03-31
- 1.6.4 - 2024-02-02
- 1.6.3 - 2023-06-26
- 1.6.2 - 2023-04-24
- 1.6.1 - 2023-03-16
- 1.6.0 - 2023-02-06
- 1.5.1 - 2022-12-16
- 1.5.0 - 2022-12-16
- 1.4.0 - 2022-10-12
- 1.3.0 - 2022-09-08
- 1.2.0 - 2022-06-15
- 1.1.0 - 2022-05-24
- 1.0.0 - 2022-05-10
- 0.11.0 - 2021-04-25
- 0.10.1 - 2021-02-22
- [0.10.0-4] - 2021-02-16
- [0.10.0-3] - 2021-02-16
- [0.10.0-2] - 2021-02-12
- 0.10.0 - 2021-02-12
- 0.9.0 - 2021-01-04
- 0.8.1 - 2020-12-09
- 0.8.0 - 2020-11-06
- 0.7.0 - 2020-09-11
- 0.6.2 - 2020-08-25
- 0.6.1 - 2020-08-20
- 0.6.0 - 2020-08-18
- 0.5.0 - 2020-07-11
- 0.4.0 - 2020-06-17
- 0.3.0 - 2020-06-14
- 0.2.5 - 2020-06-11
- 0.2.4 - 2020-05-19
- 0.2.3 - 2020-04-23
- 0.2.2 - 2020-04-20
- 0.2.1 - 2020-04-18
- 0.2.0 - 2020-03-28
- 0.1.1 - 2020-03-13
Final notes:
Indices and tables: