Self-hosted emergence-engineering/pcbjam (browser KiCad WASM) — CMMS embed fork. Upstream tracked as remote "upstream".
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CI runs (Hetzner 27329612719, Ubicloud 27330989479) failed 22/41 identically,
in two buckets, both firefox-environment issues (the suite is firefox-only:
test:kicad -> --project=firefox):
1. No WebGL: headless Firefox can't create ANY GL context on a GPU-less VM
(blocklist bypass still dies with FEATURE_FAILURE_WEBGL_EXHAUSTED_DRIVERS),
so the GAL canvas failed and an error dialog blocked every UI flow. Fix:
run headed under xvfb (GLX + Mesa llvmpipe software GL) with
webgl.force-enabled — workflows now wrap the e2e step in xvfb-run.
2. pcbnew wasm OOM: the ~190M module OOMs Firefox's optimizing wasm JIT at
compile ("InternalError: out of memory") and the app never boots. Fix:
javascript.options.wasm_optimizingjit=false (baseline-only compile).
Both prefs are CI-gated in playwright-kicad.config.ts; local runs keep stock
behavior. Boot got slower (baseline JIT), so the wizard helpers now wait for
the registry to have actual UI ENTRIES (the registry OBJECT exists pre-boot)
instead of clicking into a fixed 10x500ms window.
Validated in a local docker repro of the CI env (playwright:v1.57.0 image,
no GPU): pl_editor canvas, gerbview wizard+canvas, and pcbnew wizard (on a
properly asyncified 187M module) all pass; before the fix they reproduced the
exact CI signatures.
Known-fail left on CI: zoom-cursor — the zoom-in anchors at ~ -P in headed
Firefox (screen-vs-client coordinate mix-up in the wheel->GAL path, headed
mode only); marked test.fixme(CI) pending a wx-wasm-layer investigation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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KiCad WebAssembly Port
Run KiCad PCBnew in the browser using WebAssembly.
Quick Start
Full Build (KiCad + All Tests)
# 1. Initialize submodules
git submodule update --init --recursive
# 2. Build KiCad WASM (Docker, ~10 min incremental, ~1-2 hours full)
./docker/build.sh
# 3. Build wxWidgets for local testing
./scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh
# 4. Build wxWidgets test apps
./scripts/build-wasm-test.sh
# 5. Run all tests
cd tests && npm install
npm test # wxWidgets tests (256 tests)
npm run test:kicad # KiCad tests (2 tests)
wxWidgets Only (No Docker)
# Requires: Node.js 18+ (Emscripten SDK auto-installed on first build)
./scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh
./scripts/build-wasm-test.sh
cd tests && npm install && npm test
Project Structure
kicad-wasm/
├── kicad/ # KiCad source (git submodule)
├── wxwidgets/ # wxWidgets source (git submodule)
├── wasm/ # WASM compatibility layer
│ ├── bindings/ # Embind bindings for JavaScript
│ ├── cmake/ # CMake find modules
│ ├── kiplatform/ # Platform abstraction (app, UI, printing)
│ ├── libcontext/ # Coroutine/fiber implementation
│ ├── shims/ # Runtime JavaScript shims
│ └── stubs/ # Stub implementations (libgit2, curl)
├── scripts/ # Build scripts
│ ├── build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh # Build wxWidgets for WASM
│ ├── build-wasm-test.sh # Build wxWidgets test apps
│ ├── deps/ # Dependency build scripts
│ ├── kicad/ # KiCad build scripts
│ ├── common/ # Shared utilities
│ └── config/ # Build config wrappers
├── docker/ # Docker build environment
├── tests/ # Playwright E2E tests
│ ├── e2e/ # Test specs
│ └── apps/ # WASM test applications
├── tools/ # External tools (binaryen)
└── output/ # Build output (pcbnew.js, pcbnew.wasm)
Feature Branches
Curated design docs and research notes for each feature live in
docs/features/<branch-name>/ (committed).
./scripts/create-feature-patches.sh [branch-name] generates per-branch patches
(root.patch, kicad.patch, wxwidgets.patch) into a local features/<branch-name>/
scratch dir. That dir is gitignored — the patches are local history, not committed.
Two Build Workflows
1. KiCad Build (Docker)
Full KiCad PCBnew build using Docker:
# Build KiCad WASM
./docker/build.sh
# Copy output to test directory
./tests/scripts/setup-kicad-wasm.sh
# Run KiCad tests
cd tests && npm install && npm run test:kicad
Output: output/pcbnew.js, output/pcbnew.wasm
See docs/build.md for detailed build documentation.
2. wxWidgets Test Apps (Local)
Build standalone wxWidgets test apps for feature testing:
# Build wxWidgets for WASM
./scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh
# Build test apps
./scripts/build-wasm-test.sh
# Run wxWidgets tests
cd tests && npm install && npm test
Output: tests/apps/standalone/
Prerequisites
For KiCad Build (Docker)
- Docker Desktop with 16GB+ RAM allocated
- 10+ GB disk space for build cache
For wxWidgets Build (Local)
- Node.js 18+ (for tests)
- Emscripten SDK (auto-installed on first build)
# Initialize submodules
git submodule update --init --recursive
# Install Emscripten SDK (auto-runs on first build, or run manually)
./scripts/setup-emsdk.sh
Testing
cd tests
npm install
# Run all tests
npm test
# Run specific tests
npm run test:kicad # KiCad tests only
npx playwright test menu # Menu tests only
See tests/README.md for test documentation.
Current Status
- wxWidgets WASM: Core widgets working (menus, dialogs, grids, trees, OpenGL)
- KiCad PCBnew: Builds and loads in browser, canvas rendering working
- In Progress: Testing wxWidgets features used by KiCad
Documentation
See docs/README.md for the full documentation map. Highlights:
- Build System - Docker build details
- Docker README - Container setup
- Debugging Guide - Asyncify/WASM debugging
- Tests README - Test infrastructure
License
KiCad is GPL-3.0. This project follows the same license.