❄️ nix-eda

A flake containing a collection of Nix derivations for EDA (Electronic Design Automation) utilities.

nix-eda is not affiliated with the NixOS Foundation or any of its affiliates.

We compile and cache the tools for the following platforms:

Platform	Nix System Name
Linux (x86_64)	x86_64-linux
Linux (aarch64)	aarch64-linux
macOS (x86_64)	x86_64-darwin
macOS (arm64)	aarch64-darwin

Tools Included

• Magic
• Netgen
• ngspice
• KLayout
  • (+ .pymod for Python module)
• GDSFactory
  • (+ klayout-gdsfactory as a shorthand for an environment with both installed)
• Surelog
• Verilator
• Xschem
• Xyce
  • Linux only.
• Yosys
  • (+ .pyosys for Python module)
  • (+ some plugins that can be accessed programmatically)
  • (yosysFull for all plugins)

Installation

See docs/installation.md.

Usage

You may use any of the tools by creating a Terminal shell with the tool as follows:

nix shell github:fossi-foundation/nix-eda#magic

Then you would be able to simply type magic.

You may also create a shell with multiple tools as follows:

nix shell github:fossi-foundation/nix-eda#{magic,xschem}

Flake API

See docs/flake_api.md.

⚖️ License

The Apache License, version 2.0. See 'License'. See Authors.md for a list of authors and copyright holders.

Binary cache is hosted by the FOSSi Foundation.

nix-eda is based on nix-eda by Efabless Corporation:

Copyright 2024 Efabless Corporation

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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