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Istvan Matejcsok c6716e6b60 feat(wasm): unify editor builds — footprint/symbol editors via runtime --frame
The footprint and symbol editors are no longer separate WASM bundles: the frontend loads the parent pcbnew/eeschema bundle and passes --frame=fpedit / --frame=symedit (TOOL_BUNDLE + TOOL_FRAME -> Module.arguments in boot). Drops the two duplicate build+deploy targets and their wrapper scripts + vestigial embind; adds low-level harnesses (footprint_editor.html, symbol_editor.html) and a runtime-frame spec. Bumps the kicad submodule to the runtime --frame launcher.

The frame-runtime spec is listed in PCBNEW_FAMILY_SPECS so CI routes it to the chromium-ci (V8) project — its footprint case boots the pcbnew module, which OOMs SpiderMonkey on x86 CI. Includes the editor-unification dossier (research docs 01-04 + the as-built implementation record 05).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-02 17:56:02 +02:00
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debugging docs: ✏️ cleanup and organize docs 2026-06-05 12:16:13 +02:00
features feat(wasm): unify editor builds — footprint/symbol editors via runtime --frame 2026-07-02 17:56:02 +02:00
research docs: ✏️ cleanup and organize docs 2026-06-05 12:16:13 +02:00
build.md refactor: collapse dual-mode plumbing — the DOM port is the only WASM build 2026-06-12 20:19:48 +02:00
ci-build-slowness-findings.md docs: CI build perf findings + parked wasm-exceptions experiment 2026-06-11 07:50:57 +02:00
README.md docs: ✏️ cleanup and organize docs 2026-06-05 12:16:13 +02:00
wasm-exceptions-experiment.md feat(wasm-eh): migrate the WASM build to native wasm exceptions (+ 3D viewer default-on) 2026-06-30 09:40:26 +02:00

Documentation Map

A central index of the documentation in this repo. The goal of the project is to build KiCad with WASM and run it in a browser.

Note: per-area README.md files stay next to the code they describe (they're linked below). Cross-cutting guides live under docs/. Per-feature design notes live under features/.

Start here

  • Project README — overview, prerequisites, quick start, project structure
  • CLAUDE.md — project/agent context and contribution conventions

Build

  • docs/build.md — Docker-based KiCad WASM build system (two-phase build, outputs, memory)
  • docker/README.md — Docker build environment, branch-specific containers, troubleshooting
  • wasm/README.md — WASM compatibility layer (overrides/shims without patching KiCad)

Debugging & Asyncify

Architecture

  • wasm/README.md — WASM compatibility layer structure
  • web/README.md — web app (create/open KiCad projects), tech stack, URL routing, WASM artifact serving

Testing

Feature design docs

Per-feature design notes and porting records live under features/:

Archived / historical

features/archive/ holds docs whose work is done or superseded (each carries a status banner):

  • webgl — WebGL-GAL strategy/plan (since implemented in kicad/common/gal/webgl/)
  • ipc-api — IPC-API guard cleanup TODO (revert not yet actioned)