# Install pcb2gcode with Homebrew, Nix

Command-line tool for isolation, routing and drilling of PCBs. Version 3.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pcb2gcode
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pcb2gcode
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pcb2gcode
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pc/pcb2gcode/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pcb2gcode
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pcb2gcode>
- **Version:** 3.0.4
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool for isolation, routing and drilling of PCBs
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode/archive/refs/tags/v3.0.4.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-23T01:04:33Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- pcb2gcode (cli)
- pcb2gcode (alias)

## Dependencies

- boost
- gerbv
- glib

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/pcb2gcode/pcb2gcode
- Upstream latest detected: v3.0.4 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pcb2gcode
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - pcb2gcode: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pc/pcb2gcode/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [gerbv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gerbv/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [easyeda2kicad](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/easyeda2kicad/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, electronics, pcb.
- [pcb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, electronics, pcb.
- [gpx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gpx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gcode.
- [clang-include-graph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-include-graph/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: boost, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pcb2gcode.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/pcb2gcode.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph