# KiCAD MCP Server

> Design printed circuit boards in KiCAD with Claude and other LLMs through natural language.

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 2,420
- **Language:** Python
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** 13 days ago (Sep 10, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://github.com/mixelpixx/KiCAD-MCP-Server
- **Source code:** https://github.com/mixelpixx/KiCAD-MCP-Server
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/kicad-mcp-server
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## Best for
Electronics hobbyists and engineers who want help placing, routing and checking PCB layouts in KiCAD.

## Avoid if
You want a one-line install; the README builds the server from source with npm.

## About KiCAD MCP Server
KiCAD MCP Server lets LLMs such as Claude interact directly with KiCAD for PCB design, from GitHub Copilot in VS Code or Claude Desktop. This Python and TypeScript server remains MIT-licensed and maintained; the authors' newer Konnect, a native KiCAD 10 plugin rewritten in Rust with 171 tools, is AGPL-3.0 with commercial licences for businesses.

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