Ryan Malloy
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Ports the trace-relevant subset of geometry/planar/{Polyline,PolylineShape,
LineSegment}: a Polyline is a trace centreline (integer corners); a
PolylineShape is that centreline swept by the half-width, returned as exact
convex IntBox tiles (one flush box per orthogonal segment plus a square at
each interior corner to cover the turn). Exact for orthogonal segments; a
conservative bounding box for a diagonal one (never under-reports an
overlap). 45-degree/IntOctagon caps are deferred.
freeroute
A native Python PCB autorouter — a Java-free port of the FreeRouting engine.
Why
kicad-mcp currently autoroutes by shelling out to freerouting.jar, which
drags in a JVM dependency. freeroute reimplements the routing engine in
pure Python so the toolchain needs no Java at all.
The contract
The entire integration surface is two Specctra files:
board.dsn ──▶ freeroute ──▶ board.ses
(unrouted) (routed session: traces + vias)
kicad-cli already exports .dsn and imports .ses, so freeroute is a
drop-in replacement for the JAR step — nothing else in the pipeline changes.
Status
Pre-alpha. Under active development. See docs/PORTING_PLAN.md
for the architecture and porting roadmap.
Usage (target)
freeroute board.dsn -o board.ses
Development
uv sync
uv run pytest
uv run ruff check src/ tests/
License
GPL-3.0-or-later, matching the FreeRouting source it is ported from.