Installation

Requirements

Kmake is designed to work with KiCad 9.x. Kmake requires: python3 installed.

Installation (Debian)

  1. Install requirements

    sudo apt install kicad python3 pipx
    pipx ensurepath
    
  2. Clone and install kmake repository:

    pipx install 'git+https://github.com/antmicro/kicad-make.git'
    

Basic usage

Important: All commands should be issued from KiCad project root directory.

To show available functionalities run:

cd <KiCad project directory>
kmake --help

Last update: 2025-06-11