Rules and Guidelines

  • Code Style Policy
  • The code style guidelines that must be met for any contribution to KiCad’s application codebase.

  • Commit Message Format Policy
  • The guidelines describing how git commit messages should be formatted.

  • Stable Release Policy
  • The stable release policy provides guidelines for stable releases provided by the KiCad project.

  • Code Design Guidelines
  • The code design guidelines are rules that must be met for any contribution to KiCad’s application code base.

  • Icon Design Guidelines
  • The style guidelines that should be used for visual asset (icon, etc.) changes or additions.

  • KiCad Developer Culture
  • The guidelines describing how the lead developer team interacts with each other.

  • User Interface Policy
  • Rules on how the user interface elements should be implemented.

  • Anti-Patterns
  • Anti-pattern guidelines for writing code for the KiCad project.

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