// PCB-free prototyping
Stripboard Editor
Draw a schematic, place the parts onto a virtual board. The copper strips will take the color of the nets with live conflict detection and an overview of what still needs to be connected. Or hand the circuit to the auto-layout router: it places every part, picks a board size, and works out the strip cuts and link wires for you.
Stripboard Editor is a rather new and actively developing project, with new features getting added every now and then.
Steps
Auto-layout
Skip steps 2 and 3: the router places every part, picks a board size, and works out the cuts and link wires for you. How it works →
Draw the schematic
Place components from the symbol library or create your own and wire up the pins to define your nets.
Drop onto the board
Drag parts onto the stripboard. Strips colour-code to your nets automatically.
Resolve conflicts
Add cuts and link wires. Anything wrong lights up red the moment it happens.
Print and build
Print a 1:1 template, lay it on the board, and push parts straight through the paper.
Export a netlist
Take the finished circuit into KiCad or another EDA tool as a netlist and turn it into a real PCB.
what you get
- Automatic layout router: places every part, sizes the board, and works out the cuts and link wires
- Schematic editor with a standard symbol library and automatic net detection
- Live strip colouring with real-time conflict detection
- Lock the board size or individual parts and let the router design around them
- Editable IC footprints, custom components, flexible passive leads
- Printable 1:1 build template with a mirrored cut guide and a BOM
- KiCad-compatible netlist export to turn a prototype into a PCB
- JSON export and import, shareable edit and view-only links, full undo history
print and build
lay it on the board, push parts through the paper. mirrored cut guide + BOM optional.
