The hottest feature: after zipping, the tool automatically generates an MD5 hash so the recipient can verify the schematic arrived intact.

: A web-based utility for converting modern .schem files back to the legacy .schematic format used in version 1.12 and below.

def schematic_to_zip(schematic_path, output_zip): with zipfile.ZipFile(output_zip, 'w') as z: # Add schematic file z.write(schematic_path) # Add any .lib, .cmp, .net in same folder for ext in [' .lib', ' .cmp', ' .net', ' .kicad_pcb']: for f in Path(schematic_path.parent).glob(ext): z.write(f) print(f"Hot ZIP ready: output_zip")

If you simply need to compress any "schematic" file into a ZIP for storage: