PartCAD: open-source package manager turns hardware specs into CAD, BOMs and AI-agent-readable docs
IgorCarron · x · 2026-11-14
PartCAD is an open-source package manager for modular hardware design (534 stars on GitHub) that treats hardware specifications as text.
- Each package is a Git repository declaring parts, assemblies, materials and requirements; from that source it renders and tests parts, producing dimensioned drawings, bills of materials, and PDF/HTML assembly instruction books
- Specs being text means humans and AI agents can version and review them like software
- Ships Agent Skills for Claude Code and Cursor, plus an MCP server
- Positioned as the documentation standard for manufacturable physical products (Digital Thread/TDP), Apache-2.0 licensed
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