tscircuit/footprinter

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micro-builder and DSL for creating PCB footprints, built for AI

Stars: 29
Forks: 128
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 30
Avg merge: 16h 30m
Merged PRs (30d): 6

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue

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30 open issues indexed

bug: zero pitch on quad-family footprints produces NaN pad coordinates Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

tscircuit/footprinter#871 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
lcc footprints default to a 0.5mm pitch and emit overlapping pads Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

tscircuit/footprinter#794 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2026
tqfp44 generates a 0.5mm pitch with 0.30mm pads, but TQFP-44 is a 0.8mm-pitch part Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

tscircuit/footprinter#792 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2026
to220 uses a body-width-derived pin pitch (2.6mm) instead of the standard 2.54mm Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

tscircuit/footprinter#790 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
pad throws a raw TypeError from a bare name while smtpad defaults its dimensions Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

tscircuit/footprinter#788 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
fpc throws a raw parse error when called by its bare name, unlike every other pin-count footprint Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

tscircuit/footprinter#786 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
solderjumper without a pin count emits NaN geometry Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

tscircuit/footprinter#784 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
vson8 throws a raw parse error while son8/wson8 render from a bare name Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

tscircuit/footprinter#782 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
quad corner silkscreen is drawn over the pads on narrow-body variants (tqfp32_w7, tqfp48_w7) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 75/100

tscircuit/footprinter#734 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 25, 2026
sot23 (3-pin) generates no silkscreen body outline or pin 1 marker, unlike every sibling SOT Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 78/100

tscircuit/footprinter#732 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 25, 2026
4 footprints are 13–16% off KiCad courtyard parity, and all 4 are exempt from the threshold Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

tscircuit/footprinter#731 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 25, 2026
sot723 footprint numbers pins 1 and 3 on the wrong pads (1↔3 swapped vs datasheet) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

tscircuit/footprinter#686 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 3, 2026
msop and son footprints number the right-column pins in reverse (pins 5↔8, 6↔7 swapped on 8-pin parts) Open

Difficulty 2/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 78/100

tscircuit/footprinter#677 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 3, 2026
sot343 footprint is lopsided — the right pads sit too close to the center Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 86/100

tscircuit/footprinter#667 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 29, 2026
jst_ph_4 footprint generates only 2 pads instead of 4 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

tscircuit/footprinter#495 · 17 comments · Opened Feb 4, 2026
QFN32 (and generally QFN) footprints don't match kicad- pads are too small Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

tscircuit/footprinter#413 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 10, 2025
Implement PDIP-8 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

tscircuit/footprinter#371 · 14 comments · Opened Oct 6, 2025
LPCC-32 footprint Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

tscircuit/footprinter#300 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2025
soic8 footprint is wrong Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

tscircuit/footprinter#274 · 3 comments · Opened May 24, 2025
implement TO-220 horizontal variant Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

tscircuit/footprinter#185 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 11, 2025
Implement UTDFN-4-EP(1x1) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

tscircuit/footprinter#183 · 9 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2025
Implement SOT-223-5 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

tscircuit/footprinter#181 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2025
Implement SPDIP-28 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

tscircuit/footprinter#180 · 8 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2025
Add support for `led5050` footprint and `led2835` footprint Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

tscircuit/footprinter#122 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 4, 2025
WSON package Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

tscircuit/footprinter#73 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 31, 2024
Create better footprint errors Open

good first issue

tscircuit/footprinter#46 · 12 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 1, 2024
Reference Designator Silkscreen for every footprint on footprinter Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

tscircuit/footprinter#34 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 11, 2024
Implement Silkscreen for 0402, 0603, 0805 etc Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

tscircuit/footprinter#26 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2024
Implement customsmd3 Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

tscircuit/footprinter#10 · Opened Jul 13, 2024
Implement "tripad" configuration Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

tscircuit/footprinter#7 · Opened Jun 4, 2024

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