A faster way to design circuit boards.

Cathode is a PCB editor built on KiCad, with an assistant that helps with the tedious parts.

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Cathode’s PCB editor showing a motor controller board layout, with the assistant panel open on the right.

Works with KiCad

Open your existing projects and libraries. Cathode saves standard KiCad files, so nothing is locked in.

Help when you want it

Ask the built-in assistant to find parts, add missing footprints, route nets or run checks.

You stay in control

Every change is an ordinary edit you can inspect, move or undo.