# OpenAllegroParser

> OpenAllegroParser is a C++17 library and CLI for investigating Cadence Allegro binary design files. It parses and prints .pad padstack files and extracts embedded files; XML export is under development. The repository includes format notes and padstack test cases, while listing other Allegro formats as project targets.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Werni2A/OpenAllegroParser>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Werni2A/OpenAllegroParser/blob/d9d9d68aa2975266b3f3619ee3a941687b18f486/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openallegroparser/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openallegroparser/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openallegroparser/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Building requires a C++17 compiler, CMake 3.5 or newer and the dependencies listed in the README.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports that some .pad files created with Allegro 17.4-2019 S019 mostly worked in tests; some variable-sized structures require a parameter search.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Werni2A/OpenAllegroParser/blob/d9d9d68aa2975266b3f3619ee3a941687b18f486/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Werni2A/OpenAllegroParser/blob/d9d9d68aa2975266b3f3619ee3a941687b18f486/doc/pad.md>

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