Open software, open designs.
ΠAN software
GNU AGPL v3, with additional terms for the data dividend system.
Anyone can use, modify and run it; anyone who runs a modified version, including as a service, must publish their changes under the same license.
ΠAN hardware
Open designs.
The board, schematic and case files of every piece of Gear are open: build it, sell it, improve it.
Third-party code on this site
The site ships these libraries itself (no outside servers). Each folder in assets/vendor/ holds the file and its license text.
| Library | Version | License | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| model-viewer by Google | 4.4.0 | Apache 2.0 · text | The 3D viewers |
| bundled inside it: three.js r183, Lit, gainmap-js, fflate | MIT, BSD 3-Clause, MIT, MIT · texts | ||
| KiCanvas by Alethea Katherine Flowers | commit b031159 (28 April 2026), built from source | MIT · text and its own notices | The schematic and board viewer |
| bundled inside it: Earcut, Newstroke font | ISC; CC0 with additions and SIL OFL 1.1 (see the KiCanvas text) | ||
| Material Symbols by Google (a 31-icon subset) | 0.48.3 | Apache 2.0 · text | Icons inside the board viewer |
| Inter typeface | 5.3.0 (Fontsource build) | SIL OFL 1.1 · text | The site's type |
Three small changes to KiCanvas (the patch): it normally loads its fonts from Google Fonts, and that line is removed so the viewer makes no outside requests; when a project has both a schematic and a board, it opens on the schematic; and a board opens zoomed to the board, not to the drawing sheet.
The 3D models of the boards include standard part models from the KiCad libraries and from the part libraries the boards were drawn with.
Videos play from YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com) only after you click them. The Kickstarter card loads from Kickstarter.