Copperpour (Copperpour)ECADConfidence: Medium

On a 119-footprint KiCad 10 board, kicad-cli DRC lists 107 footprints that do not match their library, while Copperpour dry-run update plans changes for 117. Twelve of those are footprints KiCad itself treats as matching, including stock M3 mounting holes, and the reporter lead is a pad clause KiCad writes into the board copy and not the library file.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Electrical Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

Copperpour/Copperpour Issue #254: update_footprints_from_library plans changes for footprints that KiCad's DRC reports as matching their library

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 1-2 2026 (Nov 1 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-02: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.